But large outstanding short positions can also be interpreted bullishly.

The children remained bullishly optimistic that this dog who had been a constant part of their lives would soon be back, good as new.

For days the ship had pushed on, bullishly indifferent to its surroundings.

Staring bullishly across the net after an important point, whether he has won or lost it, is a Becker trademark.

And commerce, of course, bullishly charged forward, accompanied by extraordinarily volatile stock prices.

IN the triumphant glass atrium of the bullishly refurbished hotel, one small boy felt very cold.

He strode on, his head thrust bullishly forward, his hands clenched into fists.

Two years ago he bullishly offered to buy out the BDO for £1 million.

In contrast, at the end of 1998, more than 30 percent of companies were unprofitable - an increase that is difficult to interpret bullishly.

"But we didn't only learn about struggle from them," recalls Ndukwana, a bluff and bullishly handsome man.

The driver looked at her bullishly.

"The technicals have aligned bullishly," he said, "and we cannot rule out a test of resistance in the 6.90 percent yield range again."

Rather bullishly, Salomons after winning the appeal went further to argue that the judge could not retract his judgment in law.

The Beatnuts are noted for being unabashedly, bullishly ribald and in-your-face performers.

Bullishly inclined brokers will not be able to wriggle out from the force of this conclusion by focusing instead on trailing reported earnings.

Custer would have thought, bullishly.

He was bullishly built with a reddish complexion, wisps of white hair and a blunt, peremptory manner.

Sure, most of the companies whose stock the fabled Wall Street telecom analyst bullishly plugged have gone bankrupt.

It's a sign of strength when the advisers, on balance, quickly become bearish during a correction, but cause for concern when they react bullishly.

Tremayne enquired bullishly.

He spoke bullishly of new investment, relocations into Derby and of course the arrival of Toyota.

Still, while analysts were bullishly raising their earnings expectations for 1997, no one was willing to upgrade their recommendations on the stock beyond "sell" or "hold."

On the other side is the bullishly perky Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon).

Fullerton and partner Bob Wood talked bullishly of taking the Bears back to the top and even discussed building a brand new arena.

He knew better than to do things like that, but he was still a bullishly strong man, and in this case his temper had gotten the best of him.