Word: boost
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Although Down East voters defeated two earlier proposals to close the plant, the antinuke campaign received a boost last year, when the U.S. Department of Energy identified Maine as a possible site of a radioactive waste dump. Now many residents fear that the only way to block the dump is to shut Maine Yankee, which stores its waste on site while sending half of its electricity out of state. Utility companies have shelled out $3 million for ads to save the facility, while antiplant forces have spent $500,000, making it the most expensive political campaign in Maine history...
...decision to leave was influenced by HUCTW's strengthened position, which stems from its affiliation with AFSCME. When HUCTW broke from UAW two years ago, HUCTW was left without the funds needed to pay its full-time organizers and to finance its campaign. AFSCME gave HUCTW a huge financial boost that accelerated its organizing momentum and enlarged its full-time staff...
Harvard officials said they were not concerned about the boost in Defense Department grants because these grants account for only 7 percent of overall Harvard research. But the officials cautioned that reliance on Pentagon money could threaten academic freedom if it assumed a larger role...
...runaway inflation of more than 100% so far this year, a foreign-debt burden of $55 billion and a current budget deficit of $5.6 billion -- the President offered a radical prescription: wage-price freezes, tax increases for middle- and upper-income earners and a currency devaluation of 11.8% to boost export sales. While foreign creditors generally welcomed the plan, the applause was perfunctory, since so many Argentine austerity campaigns have come and gone with few lasting results...
...women purchasers. According to estimates by Christopher Cedergren, a California auto analyst, five years ago the number of female buyers was negligible; now they are 24% of the market. Their attraction to the rugged vehicles ranges from the romantic to the practical. "It probably serves as a psychological boost for me to not feel as citified as I am," explains Nora Kelly, 29, an attorney in a conservative Albuquerque law firm and owner of a lipstick-red Wrangler. "Even $ if you're wearing a suit, the jeep is ready to take you somewhere exciting." Jennifer Griffith, 24, of Springfield...