Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...student financial aid, but Capitol Hill aids put the figure at more than half. Unfortunately, the Senate doesn't view student aid as a very high priority. Under the most widely supported of four Senate budget proposals being considered, some student aid programs would get a $120 million boost, but at the expense of other educational initiatives that help students pay for school, notably Work-Study...
...House was able to boost education funding $2.2 billion and reduce the budget deficit by $36 billion because it split the cuts equally among social and defense spending and--more importantly--had the guts to call for a tax hike...
Trailing 3-2 heading into the fifth inning, Princeton smashed 11 hits over the final three stanzas to boost its run total to 14. Junior pitcher Angela Tucci, meanwhile, faced the minimum nine batters over that stretch...
...where some other nationwide chains would fear to make any investment. Says Company President Quinlan: "Often we're the only bright, shiny thing around. Sometimes we're even the showcase." A total of some 650, or 9%, of McDonald's U.S. outlets are owned by blacks and Hispanics; to boost that average, 45% of potential owners currently in training are members of minority groups...
Burger bashers, watch out ! McDonald' s is on a roll again. -- Banks boost the prime rate and concede trouble on Brazilian loans...