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Word: boosted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Farm machinery: increased production will permit a 50% boost in exports next year without cutting into the domestic demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Can Do! | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...first seven months of 1947, only Eastern and Inland Air Lines managed to make an operating profit. Though September traffic was the greatest in the industry's history, the overall prospect for 1947 was still a loss. The airlines were in no shape to boost the sagging airframe industry; they ruefully informed the commission that they had already overbought on new equipment. All had been caught in the squeeze of higher wage, supply and other costs. And postwar traffic was below their high hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: In Extremis | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

Twenty student organizations at Radcliffe will get a financial boost this week when the receipts of yesterday's traditional Pay Day, estimated at $6000, are added up and distributed to undergraduate groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Chiffedwellers Chip in $6000 For Activities | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

...Boost to Trophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Teams Clash Today as Intramural Football Begins | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

Winner of the loop title will get a 150-point boost towards the coveted Straus trophy now held by Leverett House and also a crack at the winner of the Yale intercollegiate competition come November. All other Houses in the league will play Eli colleges also, being paired off with a team having the same standing in the New Haven loop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Teams Clash Today as Intramural Football Begins | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

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