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To: Happy2BMe
pes·si·mism :
A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view: “We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach” (Margo Jones).

101 posted on 04/04/2003 4:31:56 PM PST by george wythe
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To: george wythe
re·al·ism
Pronunciation: 'rE-&-"li-z&m, 'ri-&-
Function: noun
Date: 1817
1 : concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
115 posted on 04/04/2003 6:35:52 PM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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