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...optimist of the week is Ned Bailey who now has a pigskin folder engraved in gold with words "Honorable Discharge from the U. S. Navy." Of course, the little slip of paper to fill the folder is still missing; and Ned hastens to explain that he's not really eager to leave "The Bog" or Boston for home but semper paratus...
Rolling In High. On the road to Manila, the Jap was still fading backward faster than any U.S. optimist had dared to hope. Major General Oscar W. Griswold's XIV Corps swept ahead, the 37th (Ohio) Division under Major General Robert S. Beightler on the left, and the 40th under Major General Rapp Brush on the right. With its flank protected by the Buckeyes, the 40th rolled into Clark Field in time for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to announce its capture on his 65th birthday. With more than a dozen runways, Clark was the greatest air base...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt, perennial optimist, said she had made no bets or prophecies on the election, explained: "Constitutionally, I'm a pessimist...
Encyclopedia Americana: Optimist--midshipman who spends his free time making the Manual changes...
...cocktail party in his honor, a tipsy guest shouted: "Viva Trotsky!" Siqueiros looked at him blankly, murmured: "My friend, you are an optimist...