Word: upbeat
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George Bush uses much more upbeat language, of course. So do Mikhail Gorbachev, Francois Mitterrand and other leaders of the coalition. And it is true that no one has edged away from the central demand: Iraq must get out of Kuwait. But whether, and to what extent, the other members will continue to back American ideas on how to achieve that goal -- especially as Washington comes closer and closer to converting what has always been an implicit threat of war to a very explicit one -- remains uncertain...
Financial News Network was an idea tailor-made for the money-mad 1980s: a U.S. cable-TV channel providing a constant stream of business programming and Wall Street statistics. Such upscale, upbeat offerings as Money Talks and Power Profiles have attracted 35 million subscribers. But as the economy slides into the nervous '90s, capitalism's live wire is having capital problems of its own. FNN has acknowledged that with $158 million in debts and only $5 million in cash on hand, the network can no longer meet its operating expenses. Most of the debt is tied to the cost...
...industry's woes cast a gloomy shadow last week over the normally upbeat annual meeting of the American Bankers Association in Orlando. Attendance was off nearly 20% from last year as many members stayed home to tend to their troubled portfolios. Those who showed up foresaw no relief from the real estate depression. "I'm not planning on it getting any better in 1991," said Thomas Labrecque, president of Chase Manhattan, which lost $623 million in the third quarter of 1990, largely because of bad mortgage loans...
...just made our opportunities count in that first game," Lafayette Coach Ann Gold said. "Our team morale is very upbeat, and we're really excited to host the tournament, but if we're not prepared and if we don't play well, we'll be a sorry...
Everett described the song as a "spirited upbeat melody with a traditional sound. The harmony is the popular time piece of the twenties...