Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...million boost for 885,000 civil-service employees-an average of $125 each (but trimming the pay limit of $15,000 set by the House...
Urgent Appeal. Although the nation's fighting men were already the highest paid in the world, military pay, particularly for officers, had long lagged behind the civilian level. The result was the first general brass-to-rookie pay boost in 40 years. Some samples: a corporal, who got $42 a month before World War II and now draws $105, will get $132; a master sergeant drawing $157 before the war and $283 now, will get $363 ; majors will move up from $484 to $560; brigadier generals from...
This week, as Grandstaff headed back for Tennessee and the penitentiary, he had the cheers of Big Springers in his ears. Mayor G. W. Dabney summed it up: "Our biggest boost since we struck...
...installment plan system, of payment will help boost sales of the Radcliffe 1950 Yearbook, Under the new plan, Miss Evans stated, a girl may put one dollar down at the time of subscription, two dollars at payday, and the remainder at the time of delivery. Price of the Yearbook has been set at five dollars...
General Education and the college's scholarship fund will get a big financial boost from the Class of 1924's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gift, Provost Buck announced yesterday...