Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Guerrero left her job in November when the cancer—sinonasal adenocarcinoma—began to spread aggressively. But those who knew her said she never lost her upbeat spirit...
...mood of the Black and White was definitively upbeat in spite of those setbacks...
...solid songwriters. The whimsical “Au Contraire” may have been better left off the album, but demonstrates the two Johns still have a sense of humor—they sing of a poker game between Jodie Foster, Bach and Mahatma Gandhi. Next is the upbeat “Ant,” whose background horns make it ska-like. Although the trumpet, trombone and tuba add a nice dimension to the song, the band may have gone a little overboard near the end, finishing with rampant woodwind nonsense...
...They’re concerned because Monica has such a big presence,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “She’s very upbeat and very energetic—so to take that energy away, it’s a hard adjustment for the team. They didn’t know if it was in the best interest of the team to give her that chance...
...basic institutions are barely in place. There is still no retail bank in Iraq. No taxes have been collected. Even the normally upbeat U.S. officials admit that the prediction of foreign businesses storming the gates was off the mark. "People are afraid to set foot in here," says Olin Wethington, deputy director of economic policy for the coalition and the top U.S. Treasury official in Iraq. Rather than open offices in Baghdad, companies have dispatched small reconnaissance missions. "They're scoping out opportunities, anticipating that sometime the security situation is going to die down," says Wethington, who--like the rest...