| Depending on an Iraqi army or the police or government to lessen the disaster is wishful thinking of the most pollyannaish kind. |
| Environmental groups like the Center for Native Ecosystems, by contrast, have already criticized the USFWS's population estimate as Pollyannaish. |
| Does this mean that active learning is, as Mattson characterizes it, an idealistic sham perpetuated by Pollyannaish administrators and workshop facilitators? |
| Uncharitably, they would accuse them of Pollyannaish naivete, if not downright malice. |
| It may seem Pollyannaish to find anything positive about the current political landscape, but this could be seen as a moment of opportunity for progressives. |
| I do not want to sound Pollyannaish, but unless we have peace-building from the ground up, then this will be a perpetual conflict. |
