Word: upbeat
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With the audience for big network events dwindling, such lavish spending might seem foolhardy. But NBC executives were upbeat. The Games will begin in late July, they point out, when TV competition should be relatively light. (Because of the time difference, however, most events will be shown on tape rather than live.) What's more, NBC will recoup part of its investment by selling the rights for some events to cable. "We didn't go into this to lose money," said NBC president Robert Wright. Increasingly, in the high-stakes world of network TV, it just seems to work...
Bush and Salinas used upbeat language to describe their two-hour session at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. They gave few specifics in brief remarks afterward, but Bush aides said topics had included drugs, immigration, trade and Mexico's $102 billion international debt...
After running a disappointing third in Iowa, Michael Dukakis had won New Hampshire, then captured Texas and Florida on Super Tuesday. His bland but upbeat style had outlasted all of his opponents except Al Gore and Jesse Jackson. New York State was the last hurdle: either Dukakis would win and eliminate Gore, or the nomination would be up for grabs. Dukakis decided he needed the endorsement of New York City Mayor Ed Koch...
...upbeat quarter does not guarantee a complete turnaround, however, especially since GM has not been saddled with the huge costs of retooling for new models. Says a top Ford executive: "They're on the way back. They're just not there yet." But GM's product-minded president is determined to win back customers with better-made and better-looking vehicles. Moreover, he hopes to get the cars from design tables to assembly lines in less than three years instead of the current five. Helping to speed the process and reduce costs is GM's decade-long, $50 billion investment...
James D. Vorenberg '49, dean of Harvard Law School, recalled Brewster as an asset to his profession. "He gave the university president a good name when it needed it. He was one of the most affirmative, upbeat people I've known...enormously well-rounded and well-versed," he said...