Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spoke in hotel dining rooms and town halls, from jerry-built platforms and trailer trucks. He gave no impression of a man seeking office for himself. He put his biggest effort into giving the state ticket a boost...
...weeks ago Chávez, who is head of the government's Institute of Fine Arts and the nearest thing to a government music boss, started rehearsals for a special "little" opera season. His foes said he was doing it to boost his own ego; he was trying to undermine the regular opera season ; whatever he did would be bad. Then, suddenly, Chávez' orchestra struck...
...present at an "editorial policy" meeting. These include everybody on the editorial board and anyone else on the paper who happens to be interested in showing up. Sometimes the issue is minor, and only a handful are present. More often--on subjects like the War Memorial, or the tuition boost, or the HAA's seating system--anywhere from fifteen to twenty-five people appear. Usually at least one or two of them are particularly well-informed on the subject at hand, having discussed it with Dean Bender, or Director of Athletics Bingham, or whoever the reigning authority happens...
...Boost in Prestige. The Berlin airlift had proved itself a magnificent technical achievement; it had also become an effective propaganda force for the U.S. One thing it had lifted in the 13 weeks of the Berlin blockade was U.S. prestige...
...easy with all comers (except subordinates, on whom he makes inordinate working demands), Pearson has a personality which would be worth thousands of votes to any politician. But he has long been loth to leave the safe berth of civil service. The cabinet post assured Pearson of a pay boost, from $15,000 to $19,000 when he gets elected to Parliament. It also assured him of a pay cut, to $6,000 as a mere M.P., should the Liberals lose control of the government, or to zero should he be defeated...