Word: boost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SERVICE (HBO, Oct. 20, 23, 26, 29). A TV station tries to boost its ratings by teaming a veteran newscaster (Paul Dooley) with a shallow young co- host (Griffin Dunne). Familiar TV satire given some trenchant new twists by playwright Howard Korder...
Trump is also in a good position to boost northeast-corridor profits even further. Shuttle prices have been going up, from $69 in 1985 to $99 today, while fuel costs are going down. As the cash purchase demonstrated, Trump has the capital to expand and improve service in ways that Lorenzo could not. He is also likely to be spared the crippling labor disputes that have dogged Lorenzo and prior owners for the past ten years. Lorenzo has been wrestling with his unions in an effort to cut costs, and the infusion of cash is likely to strengthen his hand...
Intangibles: Harvard is on a four-game losing streak and needs a victory in a big game to snap out of its doldrums. A victory over Princeton would not only give a boost to the ailing Crimson but would keep the team in the race for the Ivy League championship...
...kids were thrilled when the rankings came out," Harvard Coach Chris Hafferty said. "They have been receiving favorable comments from students around campus and whenever you get that from your peers outside the sport, it does a lot to boost your confidence...
HARVARD could do a lot to boost women's confidence. If there are few female role models, women have little to strive for, little to emulate and no sense that being a Harvard professor is attainable. The obvious solution: tenure more women faculty and recruit more women graduate students. If, according to Krupnick's survey, women will only participate a lot in sections with a female majority and a female section leader, then certainly there should be more women teaching fellows--and maybe even the option of a majority female section...