Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gimmick was given a new boost by Dr. Walter P. Blount, an orthopedic surgeon. He called for a revival of the walking stick, which he said prevents fatigue, lessens stress on the joints. To make canes more appealing, they should be outfitted with flashlights, umbrellas, bottles (although "hidden swords are no longer permissible...
...lines like "I got so tired; I never was so tired in all my life, not even after a month on Charley Brigham's yacht," were really objectionable. An old Advocate editor wrote an irate letter to the CRIMSON, and the CRIMSON itself accused the Advocate of trying to boost its circulation through sensationalism. But the Advocate's defense was a telling one--"Modern art where it treats life demands realism and we contend that realism only ceases to be real art when the emotions it excites are such as we afterwards regret as having relaxed our moral fibre...
...year). No railroad man, Alpert had helped McGinnis win his 1954 proxy fight for control of the New Haven, became a director, has been studying ways to improve the road. He plans to hire an operating boss, said he would buy "a large number" of new diesel locomotives, boost maintenance outlays $3,000,000 in 1956, and run trains on time again. Said he: "Until proper service is accorded to the public, the investors are not entitled to a return on their investment...
...five-year program to boost the reserves of various state finance agencies that issue long-term bonds to help local districts with their school construction...
...editor of the Review of Reviews (1923-30), author (The Hapsburg Monarchy, Vital Peace) and lecturer; in Wootton-by-Woodstock, England. Famed Pundit Steed joined the Times in 1896, served as foreign correspondent in European capitals, was named editor by eccentric Press Tycoon Lord Northcliffe, in an effort to boost the paper's sagging influence. A respected confidant and adviser of world statesmen. Steed predicted the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was among the first to warn of the menace of Hitler's Germany, acted as chief BBC broadcaster on world affairs during World...