Word: boosterism
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...commandos brandishing automatic rifles. Riot police were poised to charge, but the crowd was docile. Most had been carted in by local officials who had lured them with promises of dinner or of passing on to Musharraf requests for help. "Just see the love for our President!" gushed one booster. But the crowd merely cheered...
...vampires who operate a car service in the suburbs of New Jersey, had languished “for about nine months” in Penguin Viking’s editorial offices. She originally sent it to a sympathetic Penguin editor she met at a Chicago book fair. This Starobin booster switched jobs before any Blood Eternal progress was made and her replacement had no interest in unagented horror from an unknown author. Starobin finally got her manuscript back and, disappointed yet still oddly determined, moved on to other projects...
...knew coming out of the locker room we could play with them,” Gotha said. “Still, getting the first goal was a real confidence booster...
...lightweight victory was a big morale booster heading into this weekend’s Kencht Cup race in New Jersey...
Robert E. Rubin ’60—mentor and long-time booster of University president Lawrence H. Summers—was confirmed yesterday morning as the newest member of the Harvard Corporation...