Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then Jim Bailey got up on his toes, dug in and began to do his job. He caught Delany, crept up on Landy. Closer than he ever expected to be to the world's best, Bailey decided to boost his countryman into an extra-fast final sprint. "I reached out and batted John on the backside and said, 'Go!' His foot came up against mine, and he wobbled a bit." Right then, for the first time, Bailey decided he had a chance...
...conceded that the economy is showing soft spots in autos and residential construction, but thought there was nothing to worry about. But Weeks-along with Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, Presidential Economic Adviser Arthur Burns and others high in the Administration-was worried about the Federal Reserve Board's boost in the discount rate (TIME, April 23). Said Weeks: "The tight money situation might prove to be a handicap in business expansion and sales...
...only sports, but academic activity got a boost in 1953 with the construction of the athletic center. Utility rooms with great window walls alternately house fencing, modern dance, half-finished paintings, or badminton...
...warned off by the high prices noted in guidebooks. The Café de la Paix might have toppled like a French Cabinet had it not been for energetic Paul Chapotin, 41, son-in-law of the restaurant's second-generation owner, 74-year-old André Millon. To boost the family's sagging revenues, Chapotin started the successful Pam-Pam chain of quick-lunch restaurants, two years ago quietly opened a Pam-Pam in the Café de la Paix bar, around the corner from the Place...
Actually, after the turn of the semester, the Council had the honor to work with the CRIMSON to formulate a practical mid-term vacation scheme on the basis of the October Council plan. Without the CRIMSON boost, it would have been hard to set the ball rolling. . . . Paul L. Scher...