Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...northern Canada in 1978, the use of atomic reactors in space has been highly controversial. Once again the debate over nukes in orbit has heated up. Last April the Soviets lost control of another nuclear satellite, raising fears that it would fall to earth before they managed to boost the reactor into a safer, high-altitude orbit. Then, at a scientific conference in New Mexico last month, the Soviets said they had begun putting a new generation of powerful reactors in space and were even interested in selling them to the West...
...cult knows where to find him: playing fringe characters in fringe features like Videodrome and, just a couple of months ago, portraying a man succumbing to the twin addictions of ambition and drugs in The Boost. His Oscar nomination was for Salvador, a feverish performance of Yanqui journalism confronting Latin revolution that never found the audience it deserved. The big crowd, catching Woods occasionally on television or doing heavy duty in a mainstream movie, has yet to get his message. Or maybe that message is too clear and the public hates what it is hearing...
...today would give the Crimson the boost it needs going into the Ivy League tournament. The tournament, which determines what team will go on to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, will be held next week at Harvard...
...game in Troy, N.Y., should alleviate some of Harvard's defensive woes. The Crimson face on-the-skids RPI (12-11-3, 8-8-2) in Houston Field House at 7:30 p.m., and the presence of the Crimson's most physical player should give the Crimson a boost against the league's most physical team...
...Bush had his first opportunity to put his stamp on the new budget," said David Evans, staff director for the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities. "That would have been a real psychological boost for the president's new educational plans...