Word: boosted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...already in the thick of the fight. Said he: "The future of medicine in this country might well hinge upon the outcome of the congressional elections in November [when the A.M.A. will be spending $1,100,000 in press and radio advertising to combat Government health plans and boost private plans]. This is in no sense a partisan appeal. There are splendid incumbents and candidates in both parties, and there are socializers and apologists for statism in both parties." Surgeon Cline is a Republican...
...make up for the shortage in natural rubber the Government was already producing about 35,000 tons of synthetic rubber a month in its plants. But Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s Chairman P. W. Litchfield last week said that the U.S. should reopen its other synthetic-rubber plants, boost production to 50,000 tons a month, and build up a stockpile of at least 200,000 tons. Warned Litchfield: "With no stockpile of synthetic rubber, our national security is placed in greater statistical jeopardy than just prior to Pearl Harbor...
...drastically devalued native currency (TIME, March 27), but they thought the price of rubber might go even higher. It did. Natural rubber bounced from 15¼? a lb. on the New York futures market last October to 34½? this month, a 22-year record, and forced tiremakers to boost prices...
...Godin, Stuffy McInnis' ace right-hander, will pitch for Harvard and he will be opposed by another righty, Johnny Little. Godin set a new all time strike-out record for the College last Saturday when he fanned 11 at Williams, and should boost his total of 307 considerably tomorrow...
While demanding that the International Monetary Fund boost the official rate, the gold-producing Union of South Africa devised a slick trick. To cash in on the high unofficial gold prices, yet not break the fund's rules against selling monetary (24-karat) gold at premiums, it began selling premium-priced 22-karat gold in the form of crudely made goblets, statuettes and other "artistic" trinkets, e.g. spoons weighing ½ lb., that were ideal for hoarding...