Word: upliftment
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...Many of these men are entertainers, but more and more businessmen have come to recognize the potential of the uplift market. Says Art Holmes, a Los Angeles insurance broker: "Let's face it, when you reach 50, you begin to look it. If you're in a business where you have to stay young, plastic surgery is the answer." Holmes, 50, whose associates are younger than he is, felt that the bags under his eyes might hold him back professionally and made a quick decision after he saw what Dr. Kurt Wagner, a Beverly Hills surgeon...
...include everything from improved kitchen appliances to navigational aids with pinpoint accuracy. NASA has helped the economy directly. At its peak in 1966, NASA employed or provided jobs through its major industrial contractors for almost half a million people. Less tangible but no less significant has been the spiritual uplift provided by the spectacle of man overcoming the danger and complexities of travel beyond his own world...
...Rutgers show the Band wanted to announce a course, "Women in Social Uplift: a course designed for a bunch of boobs." The Band thought it was a clever pun; the administration decided it was crude...
...were Dorothy Hill and Hazel Gay from Memphis. Said Mrs. Gay: "We were there early to hear Dr. Graham. It nearly broke me up. I could feel victory. Like we all felt victory and a united feeling at the end of World War II. Remember? I felt a spiritual uplift. When they raised that big flag I got goose bumps...
Sogge denied that the program was paternalistic. "We do not go to Africa to help uplift the native people." Sogge said...