Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...event, the movement's leaders have now given concrete form to the earlier primitive mysticism. To boost their new party in the overcrowded upland states, they war on the ejido (communal land) politicos who often tyrannize the lives of the farmers; they promise the farmers absolute title to their little plots of ejido land. They also incite their fanatical followers to demonstrate against the smalltime grafting political bosses who rule many a village and town. In Leon, Tapachula and Oaxaca such demonstrations led to street fighting and the death of Sinarquistas. When, over the past 18 months, the Aleman...
...seven years of grater-voiced Bernard Samuel's regime as mayor, things have been quiet. There were mutterings but no major scandals. Then last fall city employees raised a clamor for a wage boost...
...post system was passed by the Senate. It provides for parcels up to 70 pounds to be airmailed anywhere within the U.S., at 55? to 80? a pound, depending on the distance. The House is expected to pass the bill before adjournment, thus giving scheduled airlines a much needed boost in business...
...written the memo, but said that his purpose was merely to call attention to "inconsistencies in Government lard purchase policies." The Department's Commodity Exchange Authority thought differently. Last week it charged that the memo was a trick of Moore's to spread false reports and boost prices for his own profit. At the time the memo was issued, said CEA, Moore was "long" (i.e., betting that the price would go up) on 1,900,000 pounds of lard futures. In the preceding 21 months, added CEA, Moore had made $445,000 trading in commodity futures...
...redeem the pledges, Earl proposed: 1) a nickel-a-bottle beer tax (highest in the U.S.); 2) a gasoline tax boost from 7? to 9? a gallon (highest in the U.S.); 3) a 100% boost in the state sales tax (from 1? to 2? ); 4) a $100 tax on slot machines (although they are illegal); 5) increased levies on natural gas and crude oil. Estimated yearly haul...