Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course, Landau could recover, and his resurgence would be a tremendous boost for the Crimson. In the low hurdles, where form is not so important, Landau is still the favorite, on the strength of last Saturday's 23.8 effort. He will also run the 220, where he is the only one who can match Quaker Dave Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom...
...sweetener to veteran-conscious Congress,* the bill would boost some 55% of the present, inflation-shrunken pension checks at a cost of an added $100 million the first year. But it offers the first promising check on the automatic boosters built into pension laws...
...most Greek academies are. President Davis has spread the six-year Greek secondary-school program through seven years, has planned courses to goad students to independent thought, promoted an unheard-of give and take in classrooms. Davis will leave the school and Successor Rice with an encouraging financial boost; fortnight ago the Ford Foundation announced that it would give Athens College $250,000 for scholarships and salaries of Americans who will teach at the academy...
Encouraged by rising consumer buying, appliance makers have increased their production schedules, and some are adding to plant facilities. The Norge Division of Borg-Warner Corp. last week announced that it will boost second-quarter production 90% over the same period last year...
...industrial production in March rose to 147% of the 1947-49 average, a point more than the previous record of 146% in February 1957. The FRB also revised upward its February industrial output figure from 144%, as previously announced, to 145%. Most encouraging was the fact that the extra boost in production has come from nondurable goods (see chart). Economists are hopeful "that durable goods will pick up faster, give the economy a new push...