Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thirteen centuries ago Mohammed gave a spiritual and material boost to his native Mecca by calling upon his followers to make a pilgrimage thither at least once in their lifetimes. Pious Moslems have been making the Haj ever since, thus gaining the privilege of: 1) being called Haji (pilgrim), 2) wearing green turbans, 3) dyeing their beards red with pounded hennaleaves...
...that Felix got his biggest publicity boost, making all the papers "across to San Francisco" (pronounce chisco). A certain Reverend Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society lodged complaint against Felix for the sale of the American Mercury; which contained an article deemed injurious to American morals. While Felix was sentenced to a $100 fine, the American Mercury continued to sell briskly in Puritan Boston without interference from the authorities. The nation's press took up the cause of the Little Man and by its moral support more than recompensated Felix for his financial loss...
...last football pep rally was held before the Princeton game last fall and attracted a large crowd to cheer the team on. Time and again Dick Harlow has gone on record in favor of student demonstrations. It gave the a big boost before the Tigertown invasion last October and may be just what is needed to swing the balance against the Cadets tomorrow...
...hiring players to boost the glory of the Crimson and to fill the till is not a necessary or a desirable part of the athletic program at Harvard. However, without professionalism even a master coach like Dick Harlow cannot turn out a superlative team every autumn. If we play football as a game and not as an industry we must take our chances on attracting material to Cambridge. Harvard's drawing power, perforce, will be its reputation, not its alumni...
...priced Nash sixes and eights as much as $159 (new prices $923 to $1,151). Arch-independent Mason also bucked the trend by yanking all the fancy work off the higher-priced Nash-giving it a sleek, custom-made appearance. The new "600" and price cuts, prophesies Mason, will boost Nash output to a record 125,000 cars this year, more than double 1940 model sales...