Word: boostings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wages The Socialists' and Communists' promise to raise the minimum wage 37%, to $500 per month by April 1. A study by the business magazine L 'Expansion indicates that these and other proposed wage increases would average 20% in 1978, boosting inflation to 18% by the end of the year (see chart). Moreover, the hikes may cause 300,000 to 400,000 bankruptcies and boost unemployment from its present level of 4.6%. Clearly, businesses in France that are already having difficulty making ends meet will not be able to pay the higher wage bills...
...untouchable Mr. Hackett should score another first in the 200-yd. freestyle if Bernal plugs him into this event, although the coach may save his ace for the 400 Intermediate Medley. The 200-yd. freestyle is another crucial event, and the Crimson would get a big boost if Mack and Coglin make...
...Dental School originally asked the Corporation for a 15-per-cent increase, but will have to make do with the 9-per-cent hike the Corporation granted. The boost brings the school's annual fee to $5750, up from...
...arrival of the miracle chip has given a further boost to an already vital industry. Far from rendering the big computer obsolete, the miracle chip has opened the way for the design of custom-made supercomputers more powerful than any thing dreamed possible a few years ago. At the same time, the chips are radically lowering the cost of the minicomputers. These small computers, in turn, are being used for more and more of the routine functions that until recently had to be handled by main frames - at considerable cost to the user...
...nearly 85% of the industry's production is winding up in the retail market, mostly in the form of TV games, digital watches and calculators. Though products like these are giving the chip makers the sales volume needed to boost output and cut prices, they are hardly a durable base for a high-technology industry. For long-term growth, the chip makers are looking toward four key areas with huge potential...