Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seats in the new Congress. Calderón Guardia's party won only 19 seats; 8 others went to a third party that will probably line up with the winners. It was a smashing defeat for Calderón Guardia, and a powerful boost for ambitious Pepe's chances of being re-elected President himself in four years...
...Last year at the Millrose Games the crowd had hardly noticed the crewcut Marine corporal. This time he heaved himself aloft on his new fiberglass pole with neat precision-and the crowd was with him all the way. When the pole unbent to give him a final boost, Uelses became the first man ever to vault 16 ft. He had cleared the bar at 16 ft. ¾ in. (Next night in Boston he beat his own record, went over...
Most bankers quickly lifted rates to the maximum, trumpeting the boost in hard-selling ads that only in the small print indicated that 4% was not being paid from the day of deposit. By narrowing the differential in interest rates, the banks could make better competitive use of their advantages over the savings and loan associations. Unlike the S. and L.s, the banks are financial department stores that offer checking accounts, Christmas clubs and personal loans. In addition, the banks enjoy a popular image of greater strength and solidity-although deposits in S. and L.s are also federally insured (through...
...some areas were doubling. The S. and L.s began to fight back. In California, S. and L.s hiked interest rates to 4.6%. But. hemmed in by the stern disciplines of a mortgage market that brings them only 6% on their housing loans, they could scarcely afford to continue to boost interest, turned instead to gimmicky devices. Some associations have stepped up their tactics of offering clocks and crockery, blankets and bathroom scales to new depositors...
...hardly praise this book enough and one wonders if an edition of merely 25 million copies will be sufficient to meet the demand. In any case, it certainly does give President Kennedy's campaign to propagate culture a decided boost, for Fallout Protection contends more favorably than even Huckleberry Finn or Moby Dick for the title Great American Novel...