Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today's team consist of three midfielders who can roam into any area of the field and boost the attack or backup the defense; three defensemen usually permitted only in the two sectors of the field closest to the goal they are protecting; and three attackmen, normally restricted to the two areas farthest from their own goal...
Nixon's greatest boost came from the Gallup poll, which has been matching Nixon against Lyndon Johnson and George Wallace. In the latest round, Nixon got 41%, Johnson 39%, and Wallace 14%-the first time Nixon has led in this trial heat in the 17 months that Gallup has conducted it. As further evidence of Nixon's vote-getting ability, his headquarters distributed an analysis of the New Hampshire primary showing that 1) Nixon's total of 80,666 was the largest ever received by one candidate in a Granite State primary, and greater than the combined...
...with 64 pages of advertising, including the much-prized Fifth Avenue retailers. After an inventive promotion campaign offering winners such awards as a dinner with Mayor Lindsay or a personal bench in Central Park, an encouraging 60,000 people have subscribed. Editor Clay Felker hopes that newsstand sales will boost circulation to more than...
...weighing from 5 Ibs. to 6,000 Ibs. that strike the earth vertically at speeds of from 41 m.p.h. to 1,870 m.p.h., depending on the drop altitude and method of release. Some are merely shoved out of airplanes or hovering helicopters; others are dive-bombed or rocketed to boost their velocities. The best penetrators, Sandia has found, are pencil-shaped missiles of heavy metal that are at least 8 to 10 times longer than their diameters. Some have plunged more than 200 ft. into the earth...
Sporadic cries of "Lo, the poor Indian!" have been raised ever since the red man lost his wars against the U.S. cavalry. Johnson's document, however, was the first presidential message ever to deal specifically with the subject. The President requested $500 million in federal programs, a boost of 10% over present outlays, to help "provide a standard of living for Indians equal to that of the country as a whole." Items would cover 10,000 Indian children under Head Start, set up a "model community school system," pay for 2,500 new houses a year, allocate $112 million...