Word: boost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...following "weeks, or even months." In fact, the substance of the Paris agreement on Germany was known last week. Thanks largely to France's Foreign Minister Robert Schuman who had set what he considered a sound policy above French fears of Germany, the agreement represented a sizable boost for the young West German Republic...
...admissions office and the scholarship office and the Provost's office knew that a good Harvard showing in the Stanford game would boost our stock immeasurably on the Coast. They added their blessing to the expedition. But they now feel that the loss in that game has cost us years of quiet propagandizing...
...cent increase in commutation fares was sought today by three major eastern railroads. The move was made less than a week after the Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern roads authority to boost passenger fares 12 1-2 per cent...
...gold has gone up 69%, while wholesale prices in general have risen only 60%. Actually, a free market would not change the price unless the U.S. raised its official price also, because the Treasury is required by law to keep gold at $35 an ounce. While a gold boost would give Britain and other U.S. allies a modest profit on their gold holdings, the greatest beneficiary might be Russia, probably the world's biggest gold producer. The biggest reason of all for not boosting the price of gold at this time was simply that such a move would nullify...
Despite the adversity of the game, Dart was still in it and he didn't seem to be in danger of being sent to the bench; of Rexall's 13 directors, nine are Rexall employees whom he appointed to the board. President Dart still hopes to boost business with his superstore plan. He has cut the number of Rexall-operated stores from 540 in 1946 to 340, hopes to level off with about 300 in 1950. Said he cheerily: "To those not in the company we look worse and worse. But inside, in the overhead department...