Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...foiled. An oil prized by fitness buffs as a low-cholesterol energy booster may, in fact, raise cholesterol. A study suggests that the fat, MCT oil, can elevate BAD CHOLESTEROL (LDL) as much as the notorious cholesterol-raiser palm...
Unfortunately, scientists still don't understand what an HIV vaccine must do to confer immunity. Bolognesi hopes to develop a kind of booster shot that, although it might be less than 100% protective, could help the immune system hold the virus at bay until a truly effective vaccine is discovered...
...little more than a week ago, the grand promenade to Mars turned into a near Earth lob shot, when a booster malfunction sent the spacecraft plummeting back to Earth shortly after its launch. For a time it looked as if the craft was going to hit Australia, endangering the outback not just with debris but also with the 270 grams of plutonium it was carrying as a power source. That disaster was averted when the ship sailed past the continent and plopped ignominiously into the Pacific...
Jacobs is a Medicare and Social Security booster, hot-button issues for the district's retirees. But he's Republican in a strongly Democratic district. Pledges to make Washington more efficient by downsizing and eliminating unneeded agencies may help. But Jacobs, an avid golfer, may need a hole-in-one to take this race from popular incumbent Peter Deutsch...
...unopposed. He succeeded his father in the seat in 1982, and works with Senator Robert Byrd to help get federal money to the state, including $1 million for the West Virginia High Technology Center Foundation and a new fbi fingerprinting center. A "Buy American" legislator, Mollohan is an energetic booster of local industry who, in theory, can't lose...