Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Before my senior year, being Class Marshal seemed like the sort of worthless thing that people would only do to boost their ego or to pad their resume. But yesterday, as I talked to the woman from the alumni office, I suddenly realized that I do need something impressive enough to bump "Leverett House Film Society" from my resume, and, since there is no Spanish Club at Harvard, being Class Marshal might not be that bad an idea...
...books. If it were included, the red ink would swell next year from $165 billion to $230 billion. The negotiators are thus struggling to find spending cuts and tax hikes that would still fall short of covering the rising cost of the bailout. Both sides have agreed to boost taxes on alcohol, gasoline and autos priced at $30,000 and up. But such increases would go only partway toward paying for Bush's cherished reduction of the capital-gains tax from a top rate...
Already buffeted by voter outrage over the S&L debacle, which is expected to cost American families $5,000 to $10,000 apiece over the next three decades, Washington legislators responded swiftly. They promised immediate measures to bolster the insurance fund's resources by allowing regulators to boost the insurance premiums that banks pay to cover their deposits. "The American people have had enough of taxpayer bailouts of our deposit insurance system," wrote Donald Riegle Jr., the Senate Banking Committee chairman, in a letter to President Bush. Sensitive to accusations that it aggravated the S&L mess by delaying...
...against a nationally-ranked opponent, however, can only boost the Crimson's confidence for its league schedule. The Huskies' (3-2) previous loss this season was to number-two North Carolina. "Harvard came out real strong against us. They're a good team. I'm not going to take that away from them," Northeastern Coach Cheryl Murtagh said...
...guzzling life-style. If oil is found on the refuge, major production could take 10 years to gear up. Even then, the contribution to U.S. petroleum needs would be relatively small compared with other means of reducing demand and finding alternative energy sources. One Senate proposal to boost auto fuel-efficiency standards 40% in the next decade could save 10 times as much oil as the refuge might produce. And while a new oil field would eventually run dry, the savings would be ongoing...