Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...France's economy. It took the form of a spreading labor strike led by 188,000 stubborn miners concentrated in the grim coal districts of northern France. Three rival unions (Roman Catholic, Socialist, Communist) were out of the pits in a joint demand for a 12% pay boost to compensate for the creeping inflation that has wiped out much of their purchasing power in the past three years...
...nationwide television broadcast, urging the miners to return to work to protect "the life and prosperity of the nation." He was still standing firm on money: "The reasonable rhythm of salary increases prohibits giving the miners what they ask." All the government would promise was a 5.7% boost spread over ten months...
...existing Western atomic stockpile would remain under U.S. lock and key. The proposal was coldly received in France, where the Gaullist daily La Nation even dubbed the prospect of a multilateral force "la farce multilatérale." If the Polaris plan had been touted as a significant boost to the West's deterrent, the gibe might have been justified. As it was, the joke fell flat because a jointly manned, jointly financed armada may actually offer solid benefits for both the U.S. and Europe...
Then comes the crisis of launching. For a few violent minutes, the spacecraft, folded into the nose of its boost vehicle, must withstand an enormous increase of gravity due to acceleration. It is shaken by fierce vibration as heat sears through the shroud that protects it from racing air. Many spacecraft have died during launch, just as human babies sometimes die during delivery...
...point half-time lead but poured in six points in the final minute of play to whip weak Brown 62-58 in Providence last night. The victory vaults the Crimson into undisputed possession of fifth place in the Ivy League and should give the team a needed psychological boost for its game against Yale tonight in New Haven...