Word: boost
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, in a by-election in the constituency of West Dumbartonshire, Laborite Torn Steele had defeated Tory Robert Allan by a majority of only 293 to boost the government's overall parliamentary majority to seven. The Socialists got what temporary comfort they could from this, but the Tories did not leave them in peace for long. This week the government squeezed through by 279 to 278 in a division on the Transport Ministry appropriation...
...Communist attempt to turn off the flow of U.S. pictures to France. "We have only the old-fashioned capitalist aim of more dough," he said. "We think it not enough that French actors dubbing for top American stars get only $80 to $140 the picture. We want to boost the figure to at least...
When Mayor O'Dwyer decided to approve a $7,000,000 allocation to boost most high-school salaries by $250 a year, all other salaries by $150, the teachers shouted "pin money," and the boycott continued...
...Orvil Eugene Dryfoos; Editor Charles Merz, boss of the editorial page; General Adler; Washington Correspondent Krock (when he's in town), and Sunday Editor Lester Markel, 56 (TIME, March 8, 1948), the restless, smart and hard-driving boss of the four excellent Sunday feature sections, which have helped boost the Sunday Times from 778,000 to 1,153,000 circulation since he joined the staff as Sunday editor 27 years...
...Though U.S. Steel's profits were off just a shade (from $49.9 million in the 1949 quarter to $49.2 million), its rate of profit on sales had actually risen, from 7.5% to 7.8%. Profits of Bethlehem also dropped (to $25.5 million), but its directors felt confident enough to boost the quarterly dividend from...