Word: boost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate bill would allot $21.2 billion forthe Education Department--a 9 percent boost. Thatlevel of funding is $7.2 billion more thanSecretary of Education William J. Bennett's budgetrequest and $600 million more than a similar Houseplan...
...will Gephardt long stand alone as the sole challenger from the House. Republican Jack Kemp from Buffalo has all but announced his candidacy. Kemp has already been tilting against Vice President George Bush, the G.O.P. front runner, whose campaign got a boost last week with the endorsement of New Hampshire Governor John Sununu...
...Reagan, worried that the United States was losing its technological edge, the expensive costs of scientific research demanded that the government fund large projects involving teams of researchers and produce technology that would boost American competitiveness in the world marketplace...
...Administration proposed in its FY 1988 Budget to boost funding for the NSF by 17 percent and to double it in five years...
...slate of pro-divestment candidates running for the Board of Overseers received a boost yesterday when Anglican Archbishop of Capetown Desmond M. Tutu endorsed their campaign, the slate's sponsors announced last week...