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"Boost" Quotes from Famous Books

... time. The Attison Detector was developed, a cross between radar and the electroencephalograph. Any alteration from the typical human brain wave pattern of the occupants of a Detector-equipped ship would boost the indicator around the dial. Even a bad dream or a case of indigestion would ...

— The Hour of Battle • Robert Sheckley

... a determined little person, and, too, fate often gave her a good boost, and she thought one was ...

— Ptomaine Street • Carolyn Wells

... concern for investors, making progress in the government's peace negotiations with insurgent groups an important driver of economic performance. Colombia is looking for international financial assistance to boost economic recovery ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Cowperwood could throw such amounts as he wished into the market at such times as he wished to buy, and consequently depress the market. Then he could buy, and, later, up would go the price. Having the issues totally in his hands to boost or depress the market as he wished, there was no reason why the city should not ultimately get par for all its issues, and at the same time considerable money be made out of the manufactured fluctuations. He, Cowperwood, would be glad to make most of his profit that way. The city should allow ...

— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser

... more strenuous must be the service; if a man wants first prize, he must get down to voluntary slavery. The old way to leadership was to knock others down and climb up on them; the new way is to get underneath and boost. ...

— The Social Principles of Jesus • Walter Rauschenbusch

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