Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...figures underline the importance of yesterday's U.S. intervention to boost the yen -- further devaluations in Asia would swell the already bloated deficit. Some relief may eventually come from Europe, however: "If Europe's economies keep bouncing back, their increased demand for U.S. exports will offset some of the losses in Asia," says Baumohl. Until then, it's going to be a rough ride...
...Ocean; four months later, a five-year-old book by Wally Lamb, She's Come Undone, was anointed. Now, with nearly 3 million copies of each book in print, both authors are nervously sending their second novels out into the world. Unless Winfrey gives the writers another on-air boost, Mitchard's The Most Wanted (Viking; 407 pages; $24.95) and Lamb's I Know This Much Is True (HarperCollins; 901 pages; $27.50) are unlikely to attain the publicity and sales heights of their predecessors--what could? But readers looking for the qualities Winfrey and her viewers seem to love best...
...question remains: Is this year aone-time boost...
Athletics on campus received a boost to their resources when Robert D. Ziff '88 honored the hockey team with a $2 million gift, endowing the position of the team's coach. And exercise buffs found a newly-stocked Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) beckoning in September, sporting 40 new pieces of cardiovascular equipment thanks to an anonymous donation of an undisclosed amount...
Picking its moments well, Harvard responded with its first weekend sweep of the season with impressive victories over Vermont and Dartmouth. Not only did the sweep boost Harvard into the fifth-place slot, it also gave the Crimson crucial home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs...