Word: boostings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these attitudes are changing. As the cost of the fertilizers needed to boost yields for such crops soars prohibitively, and as other resources become scarcer, experts have pressed the search for cheaper, easier-to-raise alternatives. In this hunt, many other plants are being rediscovered. Among them: the Mexican leucaena tree (as a forage for cattle), the jojoba bean (for its oil) and the Southwest's weedlike guayule (as a source of natural rubber...
...Speaking from his detention center in Fort Bonifacio, Aquino first coolly refuted the CIA charge. Then, with millions of Manilans still glued to their TV sets, he launched into a crisp, rapid-fire denial of a raft of other government charges against him. That dramatic appearance provided a crucial boost to Marcos' opposition, whose crowds have multiplied rapidly...
...Steel began by lifting prices an average of $10.50 a ton, or 2.2%. That might not seem much, but together with a boost in February, it would bring steel increases to around 8% so far this year. The Carter Administration reacted with unusual vehemence. The President, jawboning at a press conference in Brasilia on his Latin American tour, charged that the rise "is excessive and does cause additional very serious inflationary pressure in our country." Vice President Walter Mondale and the Council on Wage and Price Stability (COWPS) also condemned the increase. Privately, some officials recalled with approval President Kennedy...
...Steel did have one justification for its original price boost: its steelmaking operations lost $45 million last year, and companywide profits hit a 30-year low of $138 million. The company has announced that its first quarter was "unprofitable." If U.S. Steel is indeed forced to back down now, it or some other steelmaker might well try to post further price increases in the summer or fall. The Administration's reaction could be most picturesque...
Last week's action should boost the Core Curriculum's chances of passing almost completely intact. Although CUE's and Faculty Council's rejection of the major amendments is not binding, it will probably diminish greatly the odds that Faculty members will take those amendments seriously at next week's Faculty meeting...