Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...showings, caused dissension within Washington's already fragmented campaign staff. But the candidate was unfazed. With rising adrenaline, he spent 16-hr. days stumping in white, black and Hispanic areas, assailing the "greed merchants" who feed off the city's patronage trough. Through it all he remained upbeat. What had he learned about himself? "I have infinitely more patience than I thought...
...with such pressure tactics, if only to get the Salvadoran army its money. Both sides recognize the real possibility that the leftists may not truly want to negotiate at all and that the U.S. cannot force the Salvadoran government to do so. State Department Spokesman John Hughes took an upbeat view of last week's congressional skirmishing. Said he: "This demonstrates a bipartisan consensus that the route to peace in Central America is through democracy and reforms behind a shield of military security." - By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Johanna McGeary and Evan Thomas/Washington
...Perhaps this is at the heart of the good news/ bad news campaign that Ronald Reagan is waging against TV. But network people think the President all wrong in asserting that good news makes bad ratings. One of CBS's biggest letter getters last year was a warm, upbeat story about Delta employees' banding together to buy a new 767 for their financially strapped airline. The real argument is about what news is, and who decides...
Indeed, Jim Phills' philosophy on wrestling closely resembles his upbeat philosophy on life. "When you triumph, you get a feeling of personal satisfaction. Wrestling is an art. Although you want to win and do well in competition, a more important goal is to improve yourself, to teach yourself, and to grow to says...
Several of the performers also seem larger inside than out B.J. Jefferson's "Bless the Lord" and her numerous minor numbers prove that a theater filling voice can come from inside one woman Jefferson moves easily from upbeat rock to five and soul in "Bless the Lord," and "B.J." call the actors use their own names for their characters dominates many of the parables Debra Hauptman is also solid as a sensual, slightly raunchy but still endearing Debra...