Word: boosting
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...recent years, when Radcliffe has needed a boost of money, it has turned to its endowment for support...
They're sworn to protect the President; now Janet Reno is set to step into the ring to protect them from testifying. The Secret Service got a boost late Monday when the Justice Department filed a brief notice of intent to appeal last month's ruling from Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, which compelled Secret Service agents to testify in Ken Starr's Lewinsky probe. While that doesn't guarantee a DOJ appeal, it does leave the door open for Reno to challenge her own independent counsel in the courts...
Radcliffe received several "transforming" gifts this year to boost the campaign, according to Clendenning, including $1 million from the Pforzheimer family for the Schlesinger Library, a $1 million bequest to a student assistance fund from Betty Ann H. Vail '34 and a $3 million matching fund from an anonymous donor...
...from joining their ranks by clearing the junk food from your pantry and hooking your kids--the earlier the better--on healthy, attractive snacks like fruits (try freezing some grapes) or carrot sticks with salsa. Not only will they lower your children's blood pressure; these foods will also boost their immune system and unclog their plumbing. Meanwhile, make sure your kids spend more time on the playground than with their PlayStation. Even if they don't shed a pound, vigorous exercise will help keep their blood vessels nice and wide, lowering their blood pressure. And of course, they...
Individual E-mail accounts, personal exercise equipment--even vibrating massage chairs. It may sound like a business traveler's Xanadu, but it's business service as usual at Hotel Phoenix in Singapore after its recent $7.6 million renovation. Not only did the makeover boost the business hotel's ranking from 3 1/2 to four stars last year, but for the additional comforts, guests are now paying a mere $87, about $20 less than they were paying a year ago. "It's a matter of repositioning and offering true value for money," says Margaret Low, the hotel's marketing director...