Word: boost
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...years various successful statutory and judicial actions have advanced equal rights in situations in which the ERA might not apply. Women have been particularly heartened by a new flurry of Supreme Court decisions, most of them dealing with the workplace. Last March the court gave affirmative action a significant boost when it upheld the promotion of a woman over a marginally more qualified male employee in California. Two months earlier the court ruled that a state may require employers to guarantee job reinstatement to women returning from maternity leaves. In June 1986 the Justices ruled that sexual harassment...
...Japanese charter declares that the country will never again make war or maintain an army, navy or air force. As a result, Japan spends only about 1% of its gross national product on defense, freeing the economy for more productive purposes. Ironically, the U.S. is pressing the Japanese to boost defense outlays...
Alongside the frozen-fruit desserts at the supermarket is another innovation: frozen diet-drink bars. The new products got a boost seven months ago from a Food and Drug Administration ruling that allows manufacturers to use Nutrasweet low-calorie sweetener in frozen desserts. As a result, General Foods' Crystal Light frozen diet-drink bar, which contains 14 calories and comes in eight flavors, including pink lemonade, could be a strong seller this summer at $1.89 for a package...
...migrant workers get their permits, farm laborer shortages are unlikely to go away. Once aliens obtain legal status, they will no longer be quite so willing to do tedious, low-paying farm work, since they can then apply for any job they want. Thus growers are already beginning to boost wages for pickers of apricots and cherries by as much as 30%, to $6 an hour in some areas. As a result, some varieties of fruit may cost the consumer 4% to 6% more this summer than last...
Athletes will try almost anything, it seems, to better their performances. The % boost of choice among some is blood doping, in which red blood cells are drawn off and reinjected a few days before a race. Since red cells carry muscle- fueling oxygen, an additional infusion should translate into greater energy, more endurance and improved times...