Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Southeast Missouri State University. His bulletin: the U.S. trade deficit plunged to $9.5 billion during July, down from $13.2 billion in June and the smallest since December 1984. "When America goes into the market to compete," Reagan declared, "we play to win." The trade figures, which reflected a 0.7% boost in U.S. exports and an 8.9% drop in imports, prompted almost giddy reactions within the Administration. Only a day earlier Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady had predicted during his Senate confirmation hearings that "one of the surprises of the next two or three years will be how fast" the trade...
...like the rhetorical equivalent of airplane food, but they do force the candidates to articulate tersely why they want to be President. If Bush can frame a final message without mentioning Ronald Reagan, or Dukakis can create a rationale that does not depend on "competence," he deserves a small boost on the scoreboard. Three points for a compelling closing statement, even if scripted, and 3 bonus points if it responds to issues raised earlier in the evening...
...that the EPA had acted rashly. Like the uranium-rich rock formation stretching across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York called the Reading Prong, he contended, geological deposits in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest cause pockets of radon with high readings in very small areas, and these misleadingly boost a state's average. Said Cooper: "It's not imperative that people go out and monitor their homes right now, and the EPA should have made that clear...
When Iran and Iraq decided to end their eight-year war, oil producers hoped that a new spirit of unity in OPEC would lead to a boost in crude prices. But the cartel is still fueled more by friction than by fellowship, and oil prices are plunging. Last week the cost of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude, dropped 4%, to $14.18 per bbl. -- its lowest level in nearly two years. Reason: although OPEC agreed last month to hold daily output to 15 million bbl., some 20 million bbl. are flooding the market each day. Among those...
...husband, who is LoPresti's coordinator, tried to boost the crowd's morale. "Hey, wake up everybody. This isn't the end. I got good news too," Silvio Petraglin said. "Cambridge did it before, they'll do it again...