Word: boostings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...battle experience, Pentagon specialists believe that they are good fighters. The untried PLA soldier, like his commander, may be eager for combat-and a rare chance for promotion. The experience that their operations chief, General Yang Teh-chin, 68, gained in the Korean War may have served to boost the troops' confidence. Being on the attack also confers an intangible morale advantage. The PLA, however, is troubled by years of excessive involvement in China's internal politics. For a long time its most arduous duty has been curbing the excesses of the Cultural Revolution...
...Jamie Greacen, this season's aerialists, have scored at least eight points in every dual meet and have more often than not accounted for 16 (on a 5-3-1 scoring system). In the Princeton meet, their 16 points neutralized the Tiger victories in both relays and helped boost the Crimson to a 59-54 victory--the key to its undefeated season...
...prices for it. Scarcely a week goes by without a fresh blast of bad news to push up the value of the mystic metal that thrives on crisis. Viet Nam's invasion of Cambodia, which began late in December, was one such event, but gold's biggest boost lately has been the winter-long turmoil in Iran. As investors have grown fearful of another energy crunch, the price has surged from under $200 per oz. in mid-autumn to a record $254 two weeks...
Baker was not pitching to management, but to his 55 fellow employees, who would decide whether or not to grant his raise. In a secret ballot five days later, they voted overwhelmingly to boost his pay from $5.55 an hour...
Have fun. Be a big shot. Give your terminal degeneracy a two-hour boost. But don't expect "Plaza Suite," much less "Pi Eta Suite...