Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Hugh Duffy, 87, the heaviest hitter (for one season) in baseball; after long illness; in Boston. Small (5 ft. 7 in., 165 Ibs. in his prime), genial Outfielder Duffy batted a record .438 (for which he got a $12.50-a-month pay boost) while playing with the Boston Beaneaters (National League) in 1894, compiled a .330 lifetime average. His record withstood the assaults of such great hitters as Willie Keeler (.432 in 1897) and Rogers Hornsby (.424 in 1924), but Duffy modestly disclaimed any special knowledge of batting lore. "You just walk up there," he said...
...Yale Corporation is also considering raising the amount of scholarship aid. A boost could not be supported by the present policy of scholarship financing from endowment income and would necessarily raise the deficit...
...present the Yale Corporation and Provost Edgar S. Furniss are investigating methods of increasing faculty salaries despite an expected one million dollar deficit. Yale would like to raise the faculty budget some $750,000 but is reluctant to boost tuition in order to finance...
...mechanical changes are just as big. Chrysler, which already leads in power with its 235-h.p. V8, will boost it to 260 h.p. or better. De Soto (170 h.p.) and Dodge (150 h.p.) V-8s will also boost their horsepower. Plymouth, which poked along for years with a straight six-cylinder engine, will add a brand-new 150 h.p. V8. All cars will have new suspension systems, wider rear springs for more comfortable riding. Every line will now offer the full range of power equipment-power steering, power brakes, electric window lifts, power seats...
Although the boost was originally proposed by wool-state Congressmen as a defense measure, it was also their price for going along with the Administration's program of lower support prices for other agricultural products. Actually, the fatter subsidy could result in lower consumer prices for woolen goods, because Congress also decided that the 1955 clip should seek its own price level in a free market. The Government will make up the difference to growers out of the duties on wool imports. Under the present law, the Government guarantees the growers up to 90% of parity by buying...