 Which word best describes the writers of 2, 7, and 17?
Eleven-Twelfths of 1999 In Review When Chatterbox invited readers to nominate events, significant deaths, good and bad movies, etc., for 1999--a year likely to get little attention in the coming weeks, as news organizations choose instead to review the entire century or millennium--the response was overwhelming. The New York Times reported on Nov. 10, 1999, that a new record had been set in the latest Times /CBS poll: Presumably this came as no surprise to Mr. Trump, who, upon announcing the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on Oct. 7, 1999, had cited polls with "amazing results"--a remark that was widely misinterpreted at the time. Jodie Allen of U.S. News & World Report (and frequent Slate contributor) 2.
 sarcastic
 optimistic  enthusiastic  sorrowful  sarcastic