Here the city is caught at its most ebullient and narcissistic moment: the week leading up to the Oscars.

The Second ends with one of the most ebullient romps Brahms ever wrote: not so much triumph as sheer joy.

A most extraordinary ebullient, character, he was one of those lovable teddy-bears, but highly charged with emotion which spilled out at the slightest touch.

And despite the poverty that afflicts much of the nation, the Filipinos themselves are among the most ebullient and easygoing people anywhere.

Ms. Shocked was most ebullient when the songs moved toward gospel.

Whitman was probably the city's most ebullient lyricist, but many of the writers focused on New York's grit, the need for spine to succeed here.

He was the most ebullient doctor I have ever met.

Yet Grainger's music is among the most ebullient in the light-classics canon, and who ever said that virtuosos can't enjoy themselves?

Yet while his messages are serious, he's also one of reggae's most ebullient singers, and as he gets older, he hasn't slowed down.

While his messages are serious, he's also one of reggae's most ebullient singers, and turning 50 in 1995 didn't slow him down.