Word: boosting
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...mines and a uranium mill at Shiprock, the major population center of the Navajo reservation. According to provisions of the BIA-negotiated lease, Kerr McGee held rights to the land "for as long as the ore is producing in payable quantities." The BIA viewed the mines as a welcome boost to the Navajo economy, providing jobs for a people plagued with unemployment hovering in the 50 per cent range. Kerr McGee saw the mines as an easily available uranium source--important for the first oil company to diversify into the nuclear industry--as well as an abundant supply of cheap...
...Another boost for the chances of meaningful section reform is that it may not require Faculty ratification. Bowersock plans for CUE to send its suggestions for change straight to the Faculty Council, which would have the final...
...little, you lose a little. The drive to end University investment in South Africa and to strengthen the Afro-American Studies Department received a morale boost and lots of free publicity from Monday's boycott of classes, but the gains were costly--the boycott alienated some students, and the protest apparently had little effect on University policy...
...national tour--though probably a money-loser in itself--has done its share to boost the money flowing into the Met from its national audience. The tour also strengthens the Met's claim to be a national resource when it goes to seek grants from the federal government and national foundations...
...calculations because of various exemptions granted by the Administration. For example, since retirees have no voice in the ratification and are technically not part of the bargaining, the White House agreed to exclude the cost of increasing their pension benefits. If these exemptions were included, the wage-and-benefit boost would come...