Word: upbeatness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ITEM: In New York, the up-and-coming Ramones decide to turn away from negative songs like I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement in favor of the upbeat Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue...
...normally subdued wife of a Senator, blossoms into a confident campaigner when he runs for President, but weeps over a childhood secret she kept from him. When his candidacy fails, she grows both closer to him and more self-reliant- a resolution typical of the author's generally upbeat perspective...
...before Vance arrived in the Swiss city, chief U.S. SALT Negotiator Paul Warnke and his Soviet counterpart, Vladimir ("Iron Pants") Semyonov, moved closer to an agreement on a number of the so-called secondary issues (TIME, May 23). Then Vance and Gromyko deliberately launched their own talks on an upbeat note by signing an extension of a treaty to cooperate in space science and medicine and to exchange data on missions to the moon. The two men even tried to foster cordiality by a little banter in the presence of newsmen. As lightning flashed among the Alpine peaks across Lake...
...Newcomer comes out in Nina Weiner's "Eliza's Rhythm." Following the easy jazz shuffles of Sally Greenhouse, Christie Blazo and Elizabeth S-Wilderson--all looking superbly professional in Weiner's choreography--Newcomer's solo section hits the floor on the downbeat whereas the others soar with the upbeat. This sort of subtle difference in expression is possible only when dancers have technique to throw away...
...back. On Friday, the linksmen failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, finishing a fading fourth in the 36-hole NCAA New England Qualifying event held at the Pleasant Valley Country Club. At least a measure of solace was gained over the weekend when the squad finished an upbeat eighth in the Easterns, a tournament that attracts golfing powerhouses from Delaware to New York...