Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tuition--a boost of $75 over the present annual rate of $525--was originally called for by Provost Buck two weeks ago and received final Corporation approval yesterday. A similar jump of $75 went into effect last fall...
...industrial development, even charging that some U.S. commissioners wanted to leave that field wide open for fellow yanquis. But the commission's finding was that Brazil still lacks resources and equipment for a general advance on its entire economic front. Because stepping up industry would require a prior boost in power, transportation, and raw materials, the commission assigned such increases preference, if not full priority. And it declared that the government must have a major role in the development of that primary type...
Only the day before, the New York Public Service Commission had hastily granted the Long Island a $3.2 million-a-year boost in its commutation fares, the third boost since 1918. But the Pennsylvania Railroad, which owns the Long Island lock, stock & comic book, had decided to quit footing the bills anyway: the Long Island would have to shift for itself. With only $60,000 cash left in its till, there was nothing left for the Long Island but to ask the court to appoint trustees and reorganize...
...letter sent to all Radcliffe parents, Robert Hunneman '28, chairman of the Annex Trustee Committee on Endowment, pointed out these facts and appealed for concerted aid from parents to boost the Fund over the $1,000,000 mark...
...salary boost for teaching fellows will go into effect at the start of the University's fiscal year in June, Provost Buck announced yesterday. The present full-time salary is $3,000 a year...