Edwards, who is normally upbeat, was downcast Monday during his daily news conference.

Les was normally upbeat and buoyant, managing to keep up an image that went with his PR function, but today all that had gone out of him.

The normally upbeat student slashed Harvard and Yale off her list of college applications.

But even the normally upbeat Mr. Bratt concedes that after two embarrassing setbacks, the immigration agency's credibility is down to its third strike.

I hadn't felt well in quite some time, and my normally upbeat personality was dragging to the point where other people had started to notice.

The normally upbeat NCO was obviously shaken.

Mr. Cohn is an active man, normally upbeat, conservative in his views, Orthodox in his religion.

Carroll, normally upbeat, sounded disappointed today, after being surprised Wednesday night when Hess gave him the news.

After scoring 14 points and taking 12 rebounds yesterday, the normally upbeat Oden was somber.

The normally upbeat Edwards needed a pep talk after the Jets' demoralizing 19-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.