Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leaders not only expect to sign a treaty in Washington that will eliminate their medium- and shorter-range missiles, but hope to lay the groundwork for a much more significant 50% slash in long-range strategic missiles. In the upbeat glow of Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's quick trip to Washington, the President announced that he hoped to sign an agreement on long-range missiles "during a visit to Moscow next year," possibly in the spring...
Lamborghini, disappointed with the elimination of the Crimson from the Boston Four race, remained upbeat about her team's future...
...upbeat news, demographic surveys, light features and helpful hints, USA Today enjoys a circulation of 1.5 million (including 15% sold at a discount to hotels and airlines), making it the country's second largest daily (No. 1: the Wall Street Journal, with 2 million).After suffering more than $450 million in operating losses, the Gannett Co. announced that USA Today turned a $1 million profit last May. The red ink reappeared during the summer, but the wealthy media conglomerate is still declaring victory. "USA Today is established to the point where even we cannot screw it up," says Allen Neuharth...
Despite her loss, Bland remained upbeat and had only good things to say about the future of this year's netwomen...
...upbeat, sometimes preachy tone of the series has annoyed some. "Bill seemed to want the family to be good, and to me, good isn't funny," says Earl Pomerantz, head writer for the show's first eight episodes. Others complain that the series slipped a bit last season, with some segments being especially flimsy and plotless. A few critics have raised more substantive issues. One charge is that the well-to-do Huxtables are hardly representative of the vast majority of black families in this country. (Or many white ones, for that matter; no problem with child care in this...