Word: upbeat
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...gravel-voiced actress dubbed the "girl next door" for her frequent turns in the '40s and '50s as the loyal, adoring girlfriend or wife in such films as Two Girls and a Sailor, with Van Johnson, and The Glenn Miller Story, opposite Jimmy Stewart; in Ojai, California. Allyson was upbeat about her Hollywood reputation, but it doomed her efforts to take on grittier roles-1955's The Shrike, in which she played a harsh wife who drives her husband to a nervous breakdown, was a flop. She once claimed she couldn't live up to her image. "In real life...
World TeamTennis is a unique and upbeat brand of the game. Absent at Sunday’s match was the stodgy linesman shushing the audience between volleys, replaced instead by loudspeakers blaring Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” Larry the Lobster, the Boston mascot, clapped his hands at every break point, and the audience, much of it under 14 years old, would respond in kind...
...energy demand is expected to continue to rise apace, while Russia, for its part, needs Western capital if it is to continue raising its oil and gas production levels - the iea anticipates investments of more than $300 billion between today and 2030 for gas alone. Certainly, Western business remains upbeat about Russia. Britain's BP has invested about $8 billion in a joint venture in Russia; John Browne, BP's chief executive, says that Russia "has become in the last five years one of the more secure suppliers to Europe and the rest of the world." Browder hasn't given...
Since this is my final official Crimson column, it’s tempting to end on an upbeat note. Surely, every Harvard graduate’s unique talents will exhibit themselves in the Real World. Progress, Integrity, and other capitalized words will guide our way because Harvard has instilled superior quality values and knowledge in our outsized crania. Harvard grads will take the long view in the Real World, eschewing easy rewards for lasting improvements...
...wish to be elsewhere had morphed into a mixture of elation for a night well-spent and of pity for all those who had missed out on a truly amazing show.From May 5 to 13, “Footloose” jazzes up the pillared Agassiz with suave moves, upbeat music, and neon leg-warmers. Produced by Taylor M. Owings ’08 and directed by Andrew B. Malone ’08 with music direction by Jeffrey W. Howard ’08 and choreography by Olivia A. Jennings ’06, the cast and crew...