Word: upbeat
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...five economists seemed upbeat about the resumption of growth worldwide and relieved that investment is picking up and confidence appears to be returning to both consumers and business. But while the U.S. focuses on jobs and obsesses about the emergence of China as a low-cost economic colossus, European Union nations have turned inward. They are preoccupied by the addition of 10 new E.U. members this year, by the tussle over a new European Constitution and by the collapse of the Growth and Stability Pact, which imposed rigid discipline--overly rigid, critics say--on governments to curb deficits. Europeans...
...continuity whatsoever. “La Cucaracha” experiments with something different on every song, switching not-so-seamlessly between airy pop, reggae, progressive rock, techno, and even country. “Fiesta,” the opening track, blasts listeners with squealing horns and an upbeat, south-of-the-border feel that offers a false promise of good things to come. The next track, “Blue Balloon,” transports listeners to a mellow, nonsensical world that sounds like something Captain Beefheart would create. Ween has experimented with different sounds before, but with punchy songs...
With more than half a million people evacuated, we become part of one of the largest peacetime displacements of Americans since the Civil War. But a strange upbeat underlies the evacuation. Maybe it's the result of our having survived catastrophe before. Four years ago the Cedar Fire became the worst San Diegans had ever seen with thousands of acres burned and billions of dollars lost...
...acting as we thought we would. Matter of fact, many of us are acting better. A new sense of solidarity has come over San Diego. We're nicer. We drive better. We let you in when you ask. Let's hope the upbeat goes...
...senior Laura Mahon on offense, Harvard forced Columbia to look elsewhere for its first Ivy League victory, triumphing, 3-0 (30-22, 30-18, 30-23). Starting the match strong with an early 9-3 lead in game one, the squad displayed an effective strategy and maintained an upbeat mentality at the end of its road trip. “It was a lot of fun,” captain Suzie Trimble said. “We were pretty relaxed, and you can tell by our play that that we weren’t tight or nervous...