Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ellington classic, "In A Mellow Tone," Roberts features the tantalizing tenor saxophone of Charles Rouse. This piece is another upbeat number, and Roberts skillfully uses the breaks that were characteristically Ellington to heighten the light and lively feeling of the piece...
...ceremonial addresses are laced with generalities. The trick is to pick the right ones -- and Bush did. In tone and substance, the President's Inaugural was upbeat and confident, exactly what an inherently optimistic people expects at a moment of national celebration. Jimmy Carter showed how easy it is for a leader to lose his way. "Even our great nation has its recognized limits," said Carter in his Inaugural. He was right, of course, but missed the point nonetheless. A country conditioned to being No. 1, a country that believes that by right it should...
...officer of Drexel Burnham Lambert discussed the settlement that Drexel had reached that day with federal prosecutors to end the largest probe ever of a U.S. securities firm. Declaring that the long-awaited agreement "makes sense from a business and human point of view," Joseph, 51, tried to be upbeat. The deal, he said, would leave the firm "in a very strong financial position, and allows us to refocus our energies on running the business successfully...
...Carpenters for making her feel inadequate and hiding their love. Mom bristles, but in the last scene finally utters the magic words "I love you." In the final shot Karen is seen walking toward the camera, beaming. Message No. 3: for connoisseurs of docudramas that turn depressing stories into upbeat affirmations, we've only just begun...
...Abshire, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Alliance: "It's a bold, masterful move, among the most consequential in NATO's 40-year history." As NATO's foreign ministers convened in Brussels, the Secretary-General of the West's 16-nation military pact was far more subdued but still upbeat. "It's an encouraging development which we welcome," said West Germany's Manfred Worner...