Word: boosted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Cancer research at the Medical School got a $100,000 boost from the American Cancer Society, the society announced yesterday. It did not disclose whether or not there would be restrictions on the expenditure of the money...
...following "weeks, or even months." In fact, the substance of the Paris agreement on Germany was known last week. Thanks largely to France's Foreign Minister Robert Schuman who had set what he considered a sound policy above French fears of Germany, the agreement represented a sizable boost for the young West German Republic...
...obvious to railmen that something was wrong-and that something had to be done. The Eastern railroads, which had already had fare increases of 28% in about three years, thought that the answer lay in still higher fares. They asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 12½% boost. Last week they got it. But the increase apparently did not solve everything; the news that it had been granted merely started everyone asking again: "What's wrong with the railroads...
...admissions office and the scholarship office and the Provost's office knew that a good Harvard showing in the Stanford game would boost our stock immeasurably on the Coast. They added their blessing to the expedition. But they now feel that the loss in that game has cost us years of quiet propagandizing...
...cent increase in commutation fares was sought today by three major eastern railroads. The move was made less than a week after the Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern roads authority to boost passenger fares 12 1-2 per cent...