Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...collect weapons, jail militants and stop calls to violence. On the Monday before the bombing, Israeli and Palestinian officials announced that at last the two sides would resume negotiations on outstanding disputes, paving the way for Ross to present an American initiative aimed at striking specific compromises. But the upbeat news was a call to arms for the Islamists, who are dedicated to sabotaging a peace process they regard as illegitimate...
...good reason to smile. Among the two tons of equipment hauled up for a risky orbital repair that his two Russian companions are slated to attempt later this week were replacements for his lost toothbrush, shaving kit and sneakers. Freshly groomed and shod, Foale was nothing if not upbeat when he talked to NASA boss Daniel Goldin, himself under heat for allowing Americans to continue working aboard the 11-year-old Mir. "The safety concerns, I think, are well met," said the 40-year-old British-born astrophysicist, "and I'm not worried...
...dirty and archaic as it may seem in an age of microchips and gene maps, coal has a curiously upbeat future. Not so the union men who mine it. Deregulation in the electric-utilities industry generally favors the cheapest means of making power, and on average, that is still coal. But deregulation also means the arrival of cost cutting as religion, the stern faith that has propelled the U.S. economy to its current world-beating performance. The strongest economy in the world is as strong as it has ever been. But as the brutal tale of the Potomac mines illustrates...
...thing is that with Reubens' media track-record, I can't blame them. But if lingering worries about Reubens' salability are disturbing, there is still reason to be upbeat. He's an immensely talented entertainer, and even if he has to slink his way into prime time, we should be glad to have him back on the scene. We should be glad that he's willing to give us another chance...
ARLINGTON, Va.: Marv Albert, the upbeat NBC sportscaster known as the voice of the New York Knicks, has been indicted on charges of assault and sodomy. His accuser, a 41-year-old female friend from Vienna, Va., claims that Albert viciously bit her several times on the back during a Feb. 12 argument in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Washington, D.C. Albert then allegedly forced the woman to perform oral sex, according to the indictment. Albert was in town for a match between the Knicks and the Washington Bullets in nearby Landover, Md. In a statement, the sportscaster said...