Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have our indomitable optimists. An outfit called the Millennium Society has lined up the QE2 to transport 3,000 people, all presumably upbeat, to a huge celebration at the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The authors of Megatrends 2000 look to "a period of stunning technological innovation, unprecedented economic opportunity, surprising political reform and great cultural rebirth...
Uptight is hardly a word to apply to Zucker these days. Try upbeat. After three years of soap-opera travails and ratings woes, NBC's morning show has almost miraculously righted itself. Katie Couric, who became co-anchor a year ago, has managed to make people forget the short, unhappy tenure of Deborah Norville. Bryant Gumbel, the show's sometimes testy on-air leader for the past decade, is smiling more. And the audience is filing back into the auditorium. Though Good Morning America retains a narrow lead in the ratings, Today scored a weekly win last month...
While many supporters shed tears, Tsongas' words were upbeat, focusing on what he said he felt were the successes of his campaign...
...Broudie puts a Hammond organ and seamless vocals into an upbeat, trippy groove. Sometimes, he throws in a trumpet or an accordion or a harmonica for novelty. Generally, it comes out like spun sugar, fuzzy and sweet with no edge whatsoever...
...hold on. Three days later came a similar survey, this one conducted by the University of Michigan, showing that Americans were not that depressed at all. In fact, the consumers polled by Michigan were in an upbeat mood last month, relatively speaking. In sharp contrast to the Conference Board figures, the Michigan index climbed 1.3 points, to 68.8, the highest since last November...