Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fears of capitalists and technicians, both Chinese and foreigners. New phrases which sounded like U.S. factory slogans urged workers to "study technique and raise production efficiency, cherish your implements and save raw materials." Said a Red soldier in Tsinan: "In the villages we have to eliminate feudalism and boost production, and in the cities we have to protect industry and commerce so that production may be increased." Within Communist ranks, leaders announced "self-examination conferences" for "correction of leftist tendencies...
Before the arms program can really get under way, Congress must pass a law permitting the sale of U.S. armaments to Canada. Although Washington has said nothing officially, the Canadian plan clearly enough dovetails into U.S. strategy. It would, in effect, boost the U.S. industrial potential in case of war, and it would help disperse the aircraft industry...
Early in the week he sent Webb to the Senate Civil Service subcommittee with a recommendation for a $1,500,000-a-year salary increase for top Government officials. This would boost the pay of Cabinet officers from $15,000 to $25,000, under secretaries from $10,000-$12,000 to $22,500, assistant secretaries from $10,000 to $17,500. One executive position not included in Truman's raise request was the presidency...
...possible. Sensibly, at the outset, he cautioned that he had no authority or qualifications to "determine or define" U.S. policy toward China. But, whatever his good intentions, the cautious, sensible-sounding words he then uttered were a kick in the teeth to the tottering Nationalist government and a boost, in effect, to the Communists...
...bearing down on market studies, he helped boost the agency's billings from $46 million in 1946 to a 1948 rate of more than $50 million. Last week in Manhattan, at 32, Marion Harper was made president as Founder H. K. McCann, 68, moved up to board chairman. Said an awed agency director, in summarizing Harper's rise: "He energizes people . . . he's got so much energy himself. The agency has never had such good teamwork before...