Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Only a hair lies between our being successful, self-confident, achieving, upbeat, open to change, able to change, generous [in] spirit, fulfilling for our people...and floundering mediocrity," McArthur said at Yale...
Beset by Republicans, Clinton hopes for an upbeat trip...
...Guinier is playing up a new image. And it's working. People are starting to see her as progressive, upbeat, and mainstream. Instead of conveying distrust, Guinier now calls up the optimistic belief that America can get past the "poison of racism" with the right reforms. This Lani Guinier ends her new book with a plea for racial healing, public dialogue, positive-sum solutions, moving the country forward, and further progress "towards Martin Luther King's vision of a society in which we are judged by the content of our character, not by the color of our skin...
...lyrics, by Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman, that are the really cheesy part of the score. With none of the creativity of Disney's Howard Ashman or Tim Rice, songs like "Let Me Be Your Wings." suffer from overly commonplace declarations of love, while the more upbeat numbers evoke only an Manilow himself sings only the ending song during the credits--a reprise of "Let Me Be Your Wings...
Following the announcement Friday, Mitchell was upbeat about his departure. "I'm in good health and good spirits," he said. "This is the right time for me to consider other challenges." While the Supreme Court is a posssibility, the buzz in Maine is that the majority leader is going to enter the major leagues as the next commissioner of baseball. His biggest boosters are likely to be two longtime pals: Boston Red Sox owner John Harrington and former Red Sox general partner Haywood Sullivan. As yet, no official offer is on the table...