Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mediocre pitcher and an estimated $50,000 in cash, he bought the Cardinals' temperamental fork-bailer Morton Cooper (his seven-year big-league record: 106 won, 60 lost). That ended Cooper's six-week salary squabble with the penny-pinching Cardinals, and it might even boost the Braves into the first division for the first time in eleven years...
...would the fair sex be excluded from this paradise of light and beauty. "My plant," asserts the architect, "would definitely have women. In this war they have proved themselves a great boost to morale of the workers. They add a touch of beauty to any plant...
...yardstick of 1½ tons of steel per automobile was the best measure of production that WPB had to work with. But a sudden boost in military demand for steel would knock the automobile production schedule galley-west. Contrariwise, sharp and not wholly unexpected cuts in military needs later this year would mean more steel for automobiles...
...Little Business. The committee urged one outright tax cut, primarily to help little business. The cut: a boost in the excess profits tax specific exemption from $10,000 to $25,000. Thus any busi ness making less than $25,000 a year would pay no excess profits tax. At one stroke, this would take from "one-third to one-half" of all U.S. businesses out from under the tax. Estimated tax saving: $160 million a year...
...with much buying of cheap stocks, the market value of all stocks has risen nearly twice as high as the averages (see cut). But brokers are as unconcerned over any margin boost as they are over V-E day. The reason: most stock buying is for cash. As long as it is, they are confident that the market is firm enough to withstand any peace shocks in prospect...