Word: lift
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...slowly, sanely toward industrial self-sufficiency. It may take a bolder man than Shastri to carry such a program through. But somewhere among India's millions, among the young who hunger for education and get it, there will doubtless emerge a dynamic leader to rally the nation and lift its spirits-a man who perhaps combines Nehru's flamboyance and Shastri's humility. At that point, hope will return to a subcontinent...
...airlines have been granted seven rate increases since 1958, including a jet surcharge that was approved under the mistaken assumption that the highly productive jets would cost more to operate than piston planes. Even the industry's weakest member got a lift last week, when control of money-losing Northeast Airlines was sold by Howard Hughes's trustee to Miami Beach's Storer Broadcasting Co.; Storer will provide fresh funds, but Northeast's future depends on a pending CAB decision as to whether it can continue to fly the New York-Miami...
...million shares. When an investor goes short, he borrows stock and sells it, figuring that it will drop and he can later buy it at a lower price. A large amount of short selling suggests that investors are bearish; but for the longer term, it serves to support and lift the market because the short sellers eventually have to buy stock to cover what they borrowed...
...became Vice President be cause he made me Vice President," Humphrey recently told a reporter. "As a matter of fact, I've always had a helping hand from Lyndon Johnson." Hubert feels that "if I can be a friendly adviser, if from time to time I can lift some little burden from him, even though it may not amount to much, I think that would be a real contribution." If Humphrey has totally reduced himself to the role of friendly adviser, he has not done so without a sense of humor. He has picked up the familiar Avis Rent...
...Prudential freighters would never have to dock. Each would carry its cargo in 50 large barges stowed in its hold; when the mother ship approached port, giant deck cranes would lift off the barges, which would then easily maneuver into port. Meanwhile, the mother ship would lift on a fresh load of barges and turn right around for another voyage. By this method, Prudential estimates, cargo would be loaded at the rate of 1,000 tons an hour, compared to 1,000 tons a day loaded on conventional cargo ships...