"It seemed an upbeat time for him," his father said.
Now, in a less upbeat time, the metal is literally less flashy.
This deeply impressed Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who in 1968 -- not an especially upbeat time in war-torn America -- was optimistic enough to hail "the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy".
Yet there are also reasons to be upbeat this time.
But the tone was noticeably more upbeat this time.
But it is difficult to stay upbeat: "Every time we go back to our home we think, is it liveable, is it not liveable?
WEEK, NOT WEAK Despite the severity of the recession, and the gloom that has pervaded Madison Avenue, Advertising Week seemed like a throwback to a more upbeat, robust time.
The cracker-barrel view of the 1960s is of a glossy, fluffy, upbeat pop time but, like many records released in that decade and during 1966 in particular, Happy New Year partakes of a distinctly negative, if not hostile, spirit.
Clearly, you understand that though senior year should be an upbeat, optimistic time of life, for many 'tis truly the winter of their discontent — or at least high anxiety — as they wait to hear from the colleges to which they applied.
He is determinedly upbeat – at times jarringly so – cracking jokes at the darkest parts of his imprisonment.
Though his comportment onstage was upbeat, at times even giddy, Mr. Veloso was exploring some of the darker and less consoling regions of human emotion, the same basic terrain covered on "cê" (Nonesuch), his terse and arresting recent album.
