The most pessimistic predict a failure: "nothing will be as before".
This is the most pessimistic reading possible for the myth.
Why do you choose the most pessimistic view of what happened?
Even the most pessimistic observers see evidence that the cold war is ending.
People working in education, health and social services reported the most pessimistic assessment of their future finances since the survey began.
Soon even the most pessimistic caught the growing spirit of hope and resolve.
No wonder then that France is officially the most pessimistic country in the world.
But as it does with the stock market, the moment will probably arrive when everyone is feeling the most pessimistic.
The results are likely to fuel the most pessimistic concerns over where the money has gone.
Whatever the sheriff might have imagined at his most pessimistic, the situation was worse.