Word: upbeat
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...friend suddenly left her university halfway through the year to enroll at a local college, I was taken aback. Never before had it occurred to me that there might be more to the story than what I was seeing. I would later learn that in spite of the upbeat entries posted in her online journal, there had been problems—that in spite of the smiling faces and spontaneity carefully captured in her photographs, she had been secretly unhappy...
...pushed back four months after Fox launched a copycat show--and had been partying and putting on weight. (Because of the delay, NBC gave each contestant a stipend to continue training.) "He felt like he was training for nothing," says his sister Launita Turpin. Still, she says Turpin seemed upbeat when she saw him last. Chapple, who had been with Turpin in the car just before he shot himself, released a statement saying the two had had "issues" but offered no explanation. Turpin left no note...
...dismay at the idea of Iran emerging as a nuclear state, as support for the Bush administration's approach to dealing with the problem. That would be wishful thinking, although hardly the first time the Bush administration had been guilty of such miscalculation over matters Middle Eastern. Rice's upbeat assessment requires ignoring the obvious signs that if the U.S. does pursue confrontation with Iran, it will almost certainly do so with even fewer allies than it had over Iraq...
...It’s done,” assistant coach Bobby Jay said. “We had yesterday to feel sorry for ourselves, and today’s a new day. We had an awesome practice. I thought the guys looked great. They were upbeat, they worked hard, and we’re excited about [today...
...brand from international services, he says. SBC, meanwhile, hasn't ruled out keeping it. Now that's showing respect for your elders. - By Adam Smith Profits By The Barrel Royal Dutch/Shell announced a 2004 profit of $18.5 billion, the highest ever for a British-listed company. That followed similarly upbeat earnings from ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil, although in all three cases company stock barely moved on the day earnings were released; in Shell's case, its announcement also disclosed a further reduction in the firm's proven reserves. Another big oil firm, BP, is scheduled to announce earnings this week...