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Flags of Our Fathers
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It was about dreams, vivid and optimistic dreams of a future as radiant as Buck Rogers's cosmos.†
Chpt 2. *
Ever the optimist, he sired five children—my dad, "Jack," was the second eldest—and ever the pragmatist, he expected each one, the boys especially, to help out with the household income.†
Chpt 2.

optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things
She displayed the implacable optimism, the will to go on that was transferred to Franklin, even through these dark days of hurt.†
Chpt 2.

optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
Some optimistically hoped the unprecedented bombing of the tiny island would make the conquest of Iwo Jima a two— to three-day job.†
Chpt 6.
But on the command ship USS Eldorado, Howlin' Mad shared none of this optimism.†
Chpt 6.

optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
His optimism was shared by many of the boys.†
Chpt 7.
Perhaps the optimistic young Marines had been right.†
Chpt 7.

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