Boosted

Exact figures on the impact of film tourism are difficult to come by, but in the case of Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Spanish tourism agents claim that just having that city's name in the title boosted visitor numbers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More so than before, the bulletin boosted its focus on the needs of foreign diplomats, business representatives and other non-Dutch professionals, securing its position as their most important independent news source. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Weston, Mass., biotech company's results exceeded Wall Street projections as earnings per share were again boosted by the company's stock repurchase plan. ❋ Thomas Gryta (2010)

The company again boosted its current-year guidance at that time; it will be updated when BE Aerospace releases its third-quarter results on Oct. 25. ❋ Tess Stynes (2010)

I imagine Sarah Palin boosted the Republican popularity with that demographic immensely, anyways. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Graph boosted from the Bank of Canada website, which is hilariously located at www. bank-banque-canada.ca. trackback ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Administration's manipulation of our fear has, in short, boosted the true Al Qaeda threat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The tiny baby I boosted from the road was shy and pitiful; the big fat one I found in the parking lot was full of attitude; and the cutie I found on the green earlier this week was nervous, but slightly brave. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A former Rwandan mayor convicted of crimes against humanity had his jail term boosted by 10 years on Friday as the UN-backed court for Rwanda's 1994 genocide for the first time increased a sentence on appeal. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The win boosted the Blazers to .500 for the first time since they were 1-1 on October 31. ❋ Unknown (2002)

America in Rama's group, the new name boosted my confidence. ❋ Mark Eliot Laxer (N/A)

Andrew Sachs has admitted that Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's prank phone calls boosted his career. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With regard to inflation, he said price pressures remain subdued and inflation will resume to positive territories in the coming period and will stabilize over the medium term boosted by the rise in energy and food. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Economic growth will remain strong in the short term boosted by the manufacturing recovery, monetary and fiscal stimuli, a turnaround in housing construction and improving financial conditions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It never occurred to me that she needed to be "boosted" - until the day of her first kindergarten field trip. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Spaniard named Roberto Caveda was recently on trial in L.A. on charges related to what prosecutors contend was a spree of 28 break-ins between 2004 and 2006 that grossed about $15 million (a price tag boosted by the heist of a $10 million painting by Edgar Degas). ❋ Unknown (2007)

His family's continued efforts to clear his name were boosted by the Innocence Project of Texas, which received a letter in 2007 from an inmate confessing to the crime that Cole was convicted of committing. ❋ Unknown (2012)

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators court with lawsuits claiming company executives ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

DETROIT/WASHINGTON: Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Motor Corp's US sales in early March, as US regulators weighed new car will cost just over $25,000 in the U.S., a move that could force ❋ Unknown (2010)