glass-half-empty

Most attention gets focused on the glass-half-empty aspect of this picture.

Romney Support Broader Than It Seems Gerald F. Seib 2011

Considering I drink too much at least three nights a week and am largely a glass-half-empty guy anyway, the side effects feel routine.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

But while these are significant achievements—especially rare among postcolonial states—there's also a glass-half-empty aspect.

India's Phony Tea Party Sadanand Dhume 2011

Considering I drink too much at least three nights a week and am largely a glass-half-empty guy anyway, the side effects feel routine.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

Rather than looking at this phenomenon from a “glass-half-empty” point of view, I want you to flip your perspective.

Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

Another duality is the contrast between the classics, like "Blue Skies" (which Ms. Martin sings with a scat chorus, à la Ella Fitzgerald's Songbook version), and the obscurities, like Ms. Martin's "Fools Fall in Love" (from Lee Wiley's Berlin album) and Mr. Bennett's "He Ain't Got Rhythm," which might be viewed as a caustic, glass-half-empty answer to the Gershwin brothers.

Visionaries on a Mission Will Friedwald 2011

Rather than looking at this phenomenon from a “glass-half-empty” point of view, I want you to flip your perspective.

Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

I guess I'm a glass-half-empty guy in this case. kamontander

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Bond investors are known for taking a glass-half-empty view of the world.

Markets Unmoved by Debt-Defying Standoff David Reilly 2011

In "The Beautiful and the Damned," Siddhartha Deb, a New York-based writer, stakes out the glass-half-empty position by reporting on lives that embody some of the profound changes underway.

Beautiful and Damned, or Just Dazed and Confused? Sadanand Dhume 2011