Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Despite the enormity of the tragedy, Berry refuses to define herself as a victim, citing her children as a her primary reason to remain upbeat...
...picture. It was easy to be infuriated by media whiz Michael Deaver's brilliantly insidious manipulation of the media, and lose the simple power of Reagan's message. Deaver, famously, didn't care what the network reporters said about the President as long as Reagan was pictured in upbeat, patriotic settings, preferably surrounded by American flags. The pictures, he knew, were far more powerful than the words. The gauzy, Morning in America mythmaking apparatus was going full tilt from the moment Reagan entered the White House...
...Discipline seemed rigid enough last week, as Guo spent a Wednesday afternoon grimly slicing through the water to prepare for an upcoming meet in Shanghai. She plunged into the pool over and over, surfacing only to hear terse criticism from her usually upbeat coach. A few meters from where Guo was practicing, six-year-old girls from the city tossed themselves off the vertiginous diving platform, their tiny bodies tumbling through the air at up to 60 km/h. The girls were all wearing plain, baggy, black swimsuits, and some looked longingly at their famous compatriot in her sleek, purple suit...
...with her other besotted friends and their twisty, early-twenties-style relationships. To make things more confusing a guy named Sam comes on the scene and takes an interest in Allison. But he's still involved with his ex! Unlike Jeffrey Brown, however, Allison Cole comes up with an upbeat ending about relying on oneself to find happiness...
...eschews vocals on all but “Jesus On The Mainline,” a stomping hoe-down to the tune of “This Little Light.” Despite the band’s roots in the New Orleans funeral tradition, the album is relentlessly upbeat. The sole exception is the one-minute excerpt of “Amazing Grace,” the low-point of sobriety and conformism that concludes the album...