Word: boosterism
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...were left in the embarrassing presence of Enderby's mediocre verses. Yet Burgess, a man of wit and genius, has been fond enough of this queasy minor poet to devote one, two and now three volumes to him. Why? Because with all his faults, Enderby is a strong booster of original sin, a commodity, Burgess feels, the modern world greatly underrates...
Since he re-entered politics by winning election to the Senate in 1970, Bentsen has tried to alter his reputation as a conservative. Once a firm booster of the aerospace industry and a staunch supporter of the Viet Nam War, he has moderated his stance in recent years by voting against the ssx and opposing additional military aid to South Viet Nam. In an unusual move for a Texan, he has proposed the elimination of the oil depletion allowance for the major oil producers. He insists, however, that the allowance should be continued "for the small, independent producers who drill...
...taking a new look at such surface-to-surface weapons. Descendants of the Nazi V-l "buzz bombs" of World War II, cruise missiles are similar to unmanned planes. Equipped with turbine engines and stubby wings, they can be launched from ships, aircraft or even submerged submarines; a rocket booster propels the missile until it breaks through the water's surface and its engine takes over. When equipped with a terrain-following electronic guidance system, which is now being developed, it should be able to skim great distances over land or water (as far as 1,500 miles). while...
...doubled its share of the market. He has even been known to arrange for local record stores to feed competing stations false information about best-selling records. The bamboozled competitor plays losing tunes while Bennett's own station blasts out the real biggies. In that ultimate radio-ratings booster, the random phone-call contest, Bennett is like a child feeding ducks on a pond. At a station in Miami, he once handed out $125,000 in less than two months. Says Lloyd Melton, station manager of Phoenix's KUPD: "He gives contest money away to the extent that...
...electorate. Over the past few years, Colorado has been invaded by Easterners and Westerners alike, anxious to escape urban blight and sprawl, and, ironically, more concerned than the natives to protect their state's natural beauties. For them, the environment is the overriding issue. A rather traditional booster who looked forward to Colorado's becoming the "energy capital of the world," Vanderhoof, 52, did not get the voters' message until fairly late in the campaign. Then he joined Lamm, 39, in opposing a ski-run development and further nuclear blasting on the Rockies' western slopes...