11. It did not take long for the Yankees to show some perkiness against Kip Wells. 12. With every day of abusive smoking the face struggles more to return to its natural perkiness . 13. "That was maximum perkiness , " the stage manager says after the segment. 14. The place radiates an alarming perkiness . 15. Cherry said he used extra-vivid colors to amp up the feel of idyllic perkiness . 16. The current single, " Anywhere Is, " has a crazy perkiness and bounce. 17. Despite recent stock market turmoil, the U . S . economy continues to show surprising perkiness . 18. Ms . Ronstadt's perkiness seems at odds with the sophistication of what she has to say. 19. But there's not a second of upbeat perkiness to this remarkably acted, relentlessly sad movie. 20. Trying to predict that is like trying to guess Katie Couric's perkiness quotient on any given day.