Brief, upbeat reports written by a frequent Times freelancer about two cellphones made by Samsung appeared Nov. 23 and 30.
Driver-partners, according to an upbeat paper written by Uber's head of economic research in January, are workers who choose to provide car rides using the Uber platform.
Messrs Gilberto and Getz would return the following year with a worldwide smash, the definitive version of "The Girl from Ipanema", an upbeat song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes and inspired by a supple 15-year-old carioca, but which deals obliquely with an awareness of mortality.Mr Oliveira's involvement in the Carnegie Hall show was merely prologue.
After receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, she was horrified to find herself beset by well-meaning therapists and fellow-patients and marketers, all of them urging her to accept "the gift of cancer" (which is the title of an upbeat book written by a survivor), to festoon herself with garish pink ribbons, and, above all, to stay positive.
"The song was described as the most upbeat ever written, and Felix was a star at the height of music hall, in the same vein as Charlie Chaplin," she said.
The series kickoff, "Always Upbeat," is written from the perspective of an African American cheerleader named Charli.
Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker describes the album's mood as "decidedly upbeat" and writes of Big Boi's rapping, "The musical DNA of Sir Lucious lies in a simple strategy that Big Boi has used for years: he often raps in double time, no matter what the tempo of the song is.
Neil Young, between writing upbeat ditties about Monsanto and genetically modified food labelling, made time to scold Donald Trump for walking out on stage to Rockin' in the Free World as the tycoon announced his presidential candidacy campaign.
One answer -- writing upbeat letters to himself -- has unintended consequences.
