Word: boosting
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...long slump," Mosley said. "I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what was wrong. Something clicked this weekend and it was a real boost in the arm. It was disappointing not to be wrestling up to my potential, but I feel that I am over the hump...
...divers were not the only ones to get a last-minute confidence boost going into the crucial stage of the season. Sophomore Alexis Todor swam her best event, the 200 Breastsroke, for the first time since a scooter accident left her sidelined a month...
...Northern Marianas have a commonwealth agreement with the U.S., negotiated in 1975 to give the local population U.S. citizenship while retaining control over labor and immigration. This was intended to help the locals boost their own economy and keep out competitive immigrant labor. The opposite has happened: 90% of private-sector workers are aliens, while unemployment among locals has reached 14.2%. The labor market is so skewed that in 1995 the government had to issue a directive forbidding Saipan's welfare recipients to hire foreign workers as maids. And in establishing the commonwealth, the U.S. Congress certainly did not foresee...
Both University administrators and city officials hailed the move as a milestone for town-gown relations because it provided a boost to the city's flagging level of low-income housing...
...hockey program got a boost yesterday when Robert D. Ziff '88 announced he has endowed the position of the team's coach with a $2 million gift...