Word: upbeat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...midwinter morning in San Diego, I found myself in a traffic jam leading to the local sports arena. It was a magnificent day, bright as a child's coloring book, but thousands of people were destined to spend it inside, in the dark, listening to a long series of upbeat, can-do speeches - capped by a message from Rudy Giuliani...
...Contrast those upbeat numbers with the ones found in a 2006 study authored by Thomas Hertz for the Center for American Progress: Individuals born into the bottom 20 percent of income earners have only a one percent chance of ending up in the top five percent...
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: Both Caldern and Bush would rather talk about more upbeat topics--job growth, anyone?--than about the immigration crisis overwhelming both sides of the border. Good luck...
...departure, the performance of freshman Alexandra Clarke offers hope for the future. “[Clarke] was just out of scoring range, so it’s comforting for the next three years,” Bassi said. “She did well and was upbeat and handled herself very well.” The NCAA Championships marked the end of the collegiate season for the Crimson, but this year’s tournament reflected an improvement for Harvard. For the past two years only two members of the Crimson competed in the event...
...Neon Bible” is its defined, consistent tone. However, it’s also its greatest flaw. The album as a whole distinctly lacks a balance between lighter fare and the full, rich, (and often exhausting) ecclesiastical sounds of the organ-driven tracks. Even the upbeat songs are heavy—see “Black Waves/Bad Vibrations.” This heaviness prevents the album from achieving the range of highs and lows that made “Funeral” so compelling. “Neon Bible” can be hard to listen to twice...