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Word: boosts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...light which helped boost Lodge to the front of the stage is a Newsweek pool of New Hampshire Republicans which shows him to be the "most popular candidate by far." While pollster Lou Harris notes that Lodge will suffer in tomorrow's primary because he is a write-in candidate, the ambassador's undeniable popularity and an unconfirmed report that he is an official candidate for the nomination have boosted speculation about the seriousness of his challenge...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Lodge for President? | 3/9/1964 | See Source »

...raised Chrysler's share of U.S. auto exports from 16.2% to 22.3%, increased Dodge truck sales from 40,000 units a year to 74,000 and saved the money-losing Dodge truck operation just as Townsend was ready to scrap it. Buckminster is now busy trying to boost Plymouth from a sad seventh to the No. 3 sales position it once held behind Chevrolet and Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Business: Personalities: Mar. 6, 1964 | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

...Crimson will get a boost from the return of captain Fred Pereira, who missed the 24-0 debacle at Springfield Wednesday. Pereira should have little trouble in his 177-pound match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pereira Back as Matmen Face Brown | 2/29/1964 | See Source »

...Elis whipped Princeton Wednesday to boost their Ivy record to a rousing 1-7. But the Yalies--not completely impotent--last week knocked off a Colgate squad which had just licked powerful Clarkson...

Author: By Joel Havemann, | Title: Yalies Getting Tougher, But Sextet Needs Victory | 2/29/1964 | See Source »

...Yale upset tonight is doubtful, though. Harvard, realizing it must win everything in sight to boost its chances in the Ivy race and in the post-season ECAC tournament, has no intention of dropping one to the bumbling Bulldogs...

Author: By Joel Havemann, | Title: Yalies Getting Tougher, But Sextet Needs Victory | 2/29/1964 | See Source »

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