Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Economists have good reason to rearrange their vocabulary. Upbeat statistics, from strong department-store and auto sales to improved housing starts, suggest that consumers are regaining their confidence faster than expected, and surprised forecasters are rushing back to their computers to come up with rosier predictions. Last week the Commerce Department released a preliminary "flash" estimate that the U.S. gross national product was growing at a 6.6% annual rate, after adjustment for inflation, during the April-June quarter, up from 2.6% in the year's first three months. Many economists believe that second quarter G.N.P. growth may actually...
...rained, however, both literally and figuratively on the school's parade. Overcast skies detracted from the week's closing ceremonies, and the upbeat sentiment at the festivities was dampened by a report that federal auditors charged the Med School with owing the U.S. government as much as $1.7 million in research funds they say the University mismanaged and poorly documented...
...rather harsh diagnosis, the authors' conclusions are surprisingly optimistic. They cite several American companies, including General Electric, Cummins Engine and Signetics Corp., a semiconductor firm, for some promising management innovations. General Electric, for example, involves shop-floor workers in finding ways to improve production.Such cases leave the authors upbeat about the long-term outlook for American business...
...billion record.) Star Wars, the first in the series (1977), has taken in $524 million at box offices around the world, while The Empire Strikes Back, the second in the saga (1980), has grossed $365 million worldwide. And Empire, as Lucas himself points out, was not an upbeat picture: it had an ending that left the bad guys in charge, and the good guys on the run?or, in poor Han Solo's case...
...violating a federal disclosure rule that applied only to family members who live under the same roof; Peter Tavoulareas did not live with his father. Noted Judge Gasch: "The article falls far short of being a model of fair, unbiased journalism." Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee was more upbeat: "We are delighted our reporting was vindicated. It is a great day for newspapers...