Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.--Freshman Mike Miller scored 20 points and coach Billy Donovan's program got its biggest boost in his three seasons at Florida with a 75-68 upset over No. 5 Kentucky last night...
...road to Knowles' science boost begandefinitively last spring when Knowles began todiscuss the possibility of the initiative withvarious Faculty members. Over the summer, heconvened a committee of six Harvard scientists whocounseled Knowles on the final plan that emergedlast week...
Earlier this month, Barker's fight to reclaim the land--now dotted with red FOR SALE signs and yellow NO TRESPASSING signs--got a boost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to settle a 1997 class action that had accused the agency of denying black farmers loans and crop subsidies routinely available to white farmers. The landmark agreement requires the government to pay as much as $375 million to more than 3,500 black farmers. Most will probably accept the basic option guaranteeing a $50,000 tax-free payment and retirement of any government debts, which average about...
...touting her name, hoping she could succeed to the seat of retiring Democratic senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 2000. But don't hold your breath, say TIME Washington correspondents Karen Tumulty and John Dickerson. "It makes for interesting conversation," says Tumulty, "and Mrs. Clinton doesn't mind the boost she gets from the speculation, but it's hard to imagine she would actually...
...Bird, which Ford expects to launch next year for between $30,000 and $40,000, is the leader of a pack of retromobiles. The current obsession with throwbacks traces to the early 1990s with Dodge trucks, but the movement got a power boost from Viper and Prowler roadsters. Then came the wildly popular "new" Volkswagen Beetle. Last week the floodgates opened, as automakers unveiled models like a revived Chevy Impala, a new Dodge Charger and even a Nissan Z concept, modeled after the sporty Datsun 240Z of the 1970s...