Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Daniel E. Markel hushed the crowd with a recitation of John Updike's "Celery," and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night." Musical selections ranged from a mellow Bob Dylan rendition to an upbeat Matthews Hall quartet featuring harmonica and guitar...
Task force members have been upbeat, despitethe highly publicized rejections of their work...
Dooley is similarly upbeat. "It should be a fun year. This team seems to possess a great chemistry, and all of the freshmen have such upbeat attitudes, especially Holly Leitzes...
Departing momentarily from the somber mood of the opening scene, the second section shows the dancers frolicking about the stage in white nightgown-like play suits with large red rubber balls. Although the music in this segment remains light-hearted and upbeat, the dancers' motions slow considerably: they drop to the floor, gently manipulating the balls over their bodies. This playful scene seems like an appropriate place for the women to display some of their acrobatic prowess, the Graney reverts to the earlier solemnity and deprives the audience of the energetic interlude it needs...
There was President Bush, visibly elated and upbeat after his strong showing in the third debate, addressing cheering crowds, hammering home with new fire and focus his message that voters should not entrust their government to a small-state Democratic Governor whose public policies and statements, Bush charged repeatedly, amounted to "a pattern of deception." But the President was saying these things in places like North and South Carolina, New Jersey, Florida -- states that have been secure Republican bastions during recent national elections. Campaigning so late in the race on formerly safe turf suggested, despite all the attendant euphoria...