Word: upbeat
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...Boys and Girls in America” is an upbeat soundtrack for getting in trouble, about getting in trouble. By turning a poetic eye on subjects normally seen as low or trivial, The Hold Steady has created a document of what it’s like to be young and stupid in America. By setting this poetry to incongruously positive pub-rock, they have made it essential listening...
...Despite the questions raised about the search process, Saheed has received endorsements from faculty and staff members, community leaders, and students, fulfilling Knight’s prediction that a new leader from within the school would boost morale. “The high school is a really upbeat place,” said School Committee member Nancy Walser, who has a daughter attending the school. “The whole place is really energized and I hear that morale is pretty high.”School Committee member Joseph G. Grassi said that Saheed’s appointment fosters...
Other activists are worried that the sheer ubiquity of pink-ribbon campaigns creates an illusion that all is well in the world of breast-cancer research and treatment. "When companies make breast cancer so pink and pretty and upbeat, too many people think we're close to getting answers and that breast cancer isn't the problem it once was," says Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. "That's not the right message. We may have raised awareness, but incidence rates are higher than they were 30 years ago. We don't know how to prevent...
...still hesitate to say ‘know what they do well’), and they don’t beat around the bush. At some point in the writing process for their current single, someone must have said, “Hey, we’re dark, yet upbeat. What’s a metaphor for death that sounds sort of upbeat? ‘The Black Parade’? I like it. Let’s go get lunch.” The video for said single is the result of a similarly straightforward process, with the added...
...session? That's one of the pressing issues dealt with in this funny, eye-opening and moving memoir. Weeks before she's due to (finally!) get married, the 43-year-old cartoonist-fashionista discovers a lump in her breast. Using a lipstick-color palette, Acocella Marchetto keeps the book upbeat. As good as the best Sex and the City episodes, Cancer Vixen becomes a lesson on how staying fabulous can help save your life...