Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is a place for the skeptic in journalism without letting cynicism replace idealism. There is enough insecurity and negative energy at Harvard. Why not be an encouraging voice? This campus is full of talented people committed to giving back to Harvard. How about an article that is upbeat, encouraging, and compliments people's efforts...
...upbeat and working hard...We are right where we want to be," St. Peter said. "We are now raising more money than Kennedy...
Much as it cheered Ronald Reagan, who, more than Schweik or Candide, is the real proto-Gump. Reagan too was relentlessly upbeat. Reagan too was extraordinarily lucky. And his luck, like Gump's, was often built on the backs of people who suffered off-screen. Forrest had bankrupt shrimpers, martyred Vietnam buddies, and his wife, whose death was remarkably demure, considering her ailment. Reagan scored points off America's poor; somehow managed to cloak himself in heroism while apologizing for a needless screw-up that killed 241 U.S. servicemen in Beirut; and avoided tarnishing his reputation for optimism by spending...
...then Gumpism risks devolving quickly into a mindless, heartless conservatism where, if the next guy over is having a rough time of it, it's not because America has failed to grapple with the real and complex problems that face it -- it's probably because he isn't sufficiently upbeat. Or not decent enough. Lacks family values. Reads insufficiently of the Book of Virtues...
...like lifelong Indians fans) clung to the hope of an early settlement. True, both sides did agree to meet separately with federal mediators, as they did during the 50-day 1981 strike. An optimistic source who is in touch with both the owners and the players' union painted an upbeat scenario of baseball returning around Labor Day. "It'll take a week before both sides begin serious bargaining," he theorized. "Another 10 days to hammer out an agreement. And maybe four or five days for the players and teams to get ready to resume play." But as in any work...