Edwards's emotional outburst reached Somerset, Tex., where Gary Sutton, the football coach of Somerset High School, has worked to turn the tide of negativity and low self-esteem.
But by New Year's the tide of negativity had begun to recede as the lists piled up in newspapers, magazines, on television and on the Internet, and all the usual adjectives were trotted out.
He apologised to his supporters and to Ed Miliband for failing to retake the mayoralty; an effort hampered by an "incredible media battering", not to mention a tide of "negativity and smears".
GM said it has sufficient liquidity for the remainder of 2008 in response to the Merrill comments, but the tide of negativity swayed investors, and shares were down 88 cents, or 7.5%, to $10.87.
It was a pile-up of negativity.
"There is a lot of negativity about.
Why the barrage of negativity so soon?
There's a lot of negativity.
Coach Tom Coughlin noticed the storm of negativity brewing outside Giants Stadium.
On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity.
There's a lot of negativity going on.
