Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...folks of all ages and both sexes -- floating out of the movie theater on waves of honorable sentiment. The kids look thoughtful, the grownups wistful. Couples are holding hands. This is not a Speed crowd; these people haven't just exited a roller-coaster movie -- they've completed an upbeat encounter session with America's recent past. No question: one more audience has been Gumped...
...Howard Bingham, on the plane. They chatted, mainly about golf, and O.J. seemed in a cheery mood. "I did not notice anything out of the ordinary," Bingham said, astounded when he heard the news later. Employees at the O'Hare Plaza Hotel said Simpson arrived at dawn, tired but upbeat. He hung around the front desk for a few minutes, joking with the staff and signing autographs before heading up to suite 915. A few hours later, after getting news of the murder by phone, he returned to O'Hare Airport to catch a flight back to Los Angeles...
President Clinton was somewhat more upbeat about progress that former President Jimmy Carter announced last week during his visit to North Korea. Speaking on NBC's "Today" show, Clinton pointed to a proposed summit between the two Koreas as a sign of a potential diplomatic warming. He was more cautious about the centerpiece of Carter's trip: a reported agreement by Pyongyang to freeze its nuclear program. "We have surely something to gain by talking with the North Koreans, by avoiding further steps toward a crisis," said Clinton. "But we have to know there's been a change...
...early to gauge the overall effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in January. But seven months after Al Gore and Ross Perot, right, squared off over the treaty, the Administration and Perot are still going at it. The Commerce Department publishes the relentlessly upbeat NAFTA News, while Perot's United We Stand America publishes the pessimistic Afta-NAFTA Update. Some excerpts...
...early as her first days in the house, when she helped Eliot Co-Master Kristine L. Forsgard organize a sophomore outing, Hajek has "stood out," says Forsgard. "She's upbeat, and willing to listen to and help other people...