Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Byrnes alternative: a boost in state unemployment benefits, with the extra cost to be paid for by the Government. To make this workable, Congress would have to pass a "federal demobilization law." This would: 1) scale benefits according to previous earnings, with an additional allowance for dependents; 2) cut to a minimum the present period of waiting for the money; 3) eliminate restrictions on the length of time such benefits are now payable. Such a system, he said, might be instituted after the collapse of Germany. He claimed such a law would give "private enterprise the assurance that its efforts...
this prediction proves correct, a small percentage of casualties among the huge number of troops likely to be engaged may still give a big boost to U.S. casualty figures. But unless the war drags on long after invasion, the Anglo-Saxon nations may still go through to victory with relative economy...
Behind the appointment, yet to be confirmed by stockholders, lies a struggle by Chicago's American Light and Traction Co. to boost the price of Detroit Edison stock. A.L. & T. holds 1,289,205 shares of Detroit Edison, which it purchased for $53 million. SEC has ordered A.L. & T. to divest itself of its Edison holdings. But the present market value at 19⅞ is only a little over $25 million. A.L. & T. naturally dislikes to take the huge loss...
...Administrator Ickes had little to crow about. OPA coolly brushed off his main contention-that an overall price increase is needed to boost wildcatting and thus uncover new fields. OPA pointed to figures showing that wildcatting is now at an alltime high; in all, estimated 5,000 wells will be sunk this year, a whopping 1,500 over last year's record high. As OPA sent its plan along to Stabilizer Vinson for approval, it hoped that it had taken the steam out of the drive for an overall crude-oil price increase...
...fact, high price for spot cotton, which a fortnight ago climbed above 21? a lb.-a 15-year high-was the result of a boost in the parity price, and Lend-Lease. In the past month Lend-Lease bought 330,000 bales for immediate shipment. The lag in futures quotations reflected the pessimism with which traders and cotton buyers view the future...