And one of my favorites, the Volkswagen fun theory, inspired some positive social re-engineering by using play as the motivator to behavior change.
It also makes sense that election years would be positive as each administration pulls out all the stops to make sure the economy and stock market are positive when re-election time arrives.
FORBES: The Truth About Presidential Election Years And Stocks
"It's important when you go to Australia that you're positive, " said the New Zealander.
"We're not positive who will start but it will be from that 17, " he said.
"We're as positive as we can be - it's hard losing races, " Barker said.
BBC: SPORT | Other Sport... | Sailing | Alinghi on brink of retaining Cup
"There's a lot of work to do, but the changing room is still positive and we're looking forward to Saturday, " he said.
They're still positive that this is going to add to the deficit.
"We're giving positive leadership within a a democratic forum, " he said.
"Overall it's really positive and we're ticking along nicely, " she said.
BBC: 'Green shoots' for traders reporting Christmas sales up
They're not giddily optimistic, but I think they're realistically positive.
But generally speaking over the near term, we're pretty positive.
The result is -- document destruction -- we're really not going to be able to prove beyond a truth the negatives and some of the positive conclusions that we're going to come to.
The TEDsters (as they also call themselves--while first-timers are called virgins--but please, nobody say "cult, " we're staying positive here) hope to turn into clear-eyed optimists, and possibly even the proprietors of large and profitable businesses.
But we also recognize that there is more that they could do, that they're in a positive evolution.
But if you're looking for positive news in the semiconductors sector, the best hope might be to look at current levels of venture capital activity.
There will always be people who are either paid to do that or who are so hopeful of our positive future that they're unwilling to look at evidence.
FedEx's current sponsorship of the playoffs ends after this year, but Finchem, uncharacteristically, felt buoyant enough about the ongoing negotiations to say he felt "very positive" that FedEx would re-up.
WSJ: Tim Finchem on the State of Golf in 2012 | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport
"They met this morning with the board of directors, it was a positive meeting, they're well intentioned, but it was made clear to them that they need proof of funds before we can continue negotiations, and it's a tall order in a short period of time, " he said.
"Any time you beat estimates, that's a positive, but then you're still left with 1.5%" growth, said Quincy Krosby, market strategist with Prudential Financial.
To the best of my knowledge, only Palo Alto Networks enables the enterprise to re-establish a positive enforcement model between networks of different trust levels.
FORBES: Tearing away the veil of hype from Palo Alto Networks' IPO
"We're doing OK. I think that my kids are taking it hard, but we're trying to stay positive and give them a good role model, " she said.
You have to show a positive light with everything that you're doing there with them.
"If they're not involved in something positive they'll be on the street corners, " he added.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | North East Wales | Estate youths hit back with music
The fact -- the notion that we are now where we are losing -- in November we had positive job growth, but we're getting much closer to the margin of zero -- that's a fact.
This portion of your score takes into account the number of credit inquiries, number of recently opened accounts, the amount of time since the opening of new accounts, and credit inquiries and the re-establishment of a positive credit history after past payment problems.
That means they're prone to intervene and take positive action when no one else will.
On the positive side, the calendar suggests we're due for a turnaround.
应用推荐