Another advantage though was that it brought her into perfect physical shape, which boosted her self-confidence. |
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Though a revamped marketing approach boosted giftable sales by 20 per cent in 2005, year-end results were disappointing. |
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The apparently unguarded remarks, though not very presidential, did Kerry little harm and in some circles no doubt boosted his standing. |
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This has boosted the bargaining power of the unions, which can now pay dividends to their member cooperatives. |
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They have been boosted by three wins in their last four games, notably the 4-1 thrashing of fellow strugglers Ipswich. |
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The confidence bestowed by his patron boosted his self-assurance and perpetuated his interest in becoming a professional sculptor. |
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Additional short wave frequencies into the Eastern Arab world are being used, and the medium wave transmissions have been boosted. |
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This boosted the rate of proton exchange and increased the fuel cell's power by half as much again. |
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It boosted the tourism industry and they profited with the likes of bed and breakfasts. |
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And polls show the President's cross-country tour has not boosted support for private accounts a bit. |
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The final dividend was boosted to a fully franked 16c share, up from 12c previously. |
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Police patrols were boosted as detectives warned that the man could strike again. |
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Among the batsmen, Jaffer boosted his aggregate with a knock of 218 against Warwickshire in the last match of the tour. |
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The return of many former exiles has also boosted the economy of the region. |
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Although carbohydrates boosted blood sugar, protein produced stable glucose levels that may be more protective against afternoon tiredness. |
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The history of the 1869 work is thought to have boosted its value among potential bidders. |
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It was widely acclaimed and it profoundly boosted the study of ancient life. |
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Thanks to a turbocharger, maximum power is boosted to 82 bhp and the car has super-lively performance. |
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The new technology has boosted productivity and requires fewer workers in the rail yard, he said. |
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For decades, speculation about extraterrestrial life has been boosted by tales of flying saucers and encounters with aliens. |
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The total will be boosted by a contribution from the Inland Revenue under the Gift Aid Scheme for Charities. |
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That feed is downlinked, at East and West Coast stations, and boosted back up to seven other satellites to cover the rest of the world. |
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It is clear from the above-stated statistics that the presence of multinationals has not boosted the country's wealth creation objective. |
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Clearly, they are a team whose confidence has been boosted sky-high as a result of several triumphs. |
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Well placed to win three low-profile races in the north, Overstrand has had his confidence boosted sky-high. |
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High amounts of crude exports artificially boosted the bolivar making imports cheap and destroying local industry. |
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This set of RAM has boosted my computer's speed unimaginably, and I can now play all the latest games with relatively high settings. |
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I used a card, because the helmets and other accoutrements boosted the total past the contents of my lean wallet. |
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That reflects improving prospects in their home market, improving cashflows and boosted optimism. |
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I upped the protein with cottage cheese and boosted the fiber with whole-wheat bread. |
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As existing analogue transmitters are switched off region by region, the strength of the digital signal will be boosted. |
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He then put the left feet and boosted himself from the wall towards Kashiro. |
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I got extremely paranoid that some deft pickpocket had my number and it was only a matter of time before my wallet was boosted. |
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Our tablemate Bob, not on our tour, had his wallet boosted by a group including an amputee. |
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A booster circuit uses a source voltage to generate a boosted voltage that is higher than the source voltage. |
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My companion seemed not to bother with any of the trappings of image which worry other girls of her age and for that her cool image was boosted. |
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The ministry says it has boosted the national grid nearly to 5,000 megawatts recently. |
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Body-miked and artificially boosted in the National's boxy acoustic, the music does not sound anything like opera. |
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I do agree however, that security should be boosted in many prisons to reduce the likelihood of breakouts. |
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For the CBS network the final program of the current series of Survivor boosted ratings and did very well for Nine in Australia. |
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These once hosted and boosted millions of bison, a large North American mammal of the buffalo tribe. |
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The recent spike in oil prices seems to have ended as increased production has boosted supplies. |
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Levels of activity in the economy will rise, employment will be boosted and tax receipts will boom. |
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These co-operative businesses boosted the local economy in the eighties and even led to the improvement of infrastructure in the area. |
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Darley Stud has boosted the stud fees of three of its stallions for the 2004 breeding season. |
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So these people will be primed with the DNA vaccine and then boosted with the fowl pox vaccine, and that is what we hope the secret is. |
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But every time governments and the media have whipped up such hysteria it has boosted racism. |
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The introduction of the new sleeper beds on the Kangaroo route have tightened capacity and boosted demand for business travel. |
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She said she was boosted by her team-mates, who urged her to stay with it as she moved on to the javelin. |
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The proposal was seconded by Tara Griffin, head girl, who said advertising boosted consumerism, a spiritual evil in itself. |
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The proposal was seconded by the head girl, who said advertising boosted consumerism, a spiritual evil in itself. |
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The early-twentieth-century cult of the wilderness further boosted the popularity of night air among the health-conscious. |
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Richard, a black belt second dan, took up the martial art of shotokan after being bullied in junior school, and found it boosted his confidence. |
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Becoming world champions undoubtedly boosted our confidence, but now we have to prove we're capable of doing it all over again. |
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The Indonesian Ambassador, Imron Cotan, says the Federal Police have boosted security at Indonesia's Embassy and consulates around Australia. |
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Chess' popularity was boosted in the 1980s by championship duels between Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. |
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Profits were boosted by lower costs and the money it earned on the surplus cash. |
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But this year's spring optimism may have been boosted by an early conclusion to hostilities. |
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It boosted the right of national parliaments to stop EU interference in domestic policy. |
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Hounslow were boosted by the return of Alistair Slay and James Kingston and kept their first clean sheet of the season. |
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Dry floral scents are boosted by tangy citrus aromas that deliver fresh lemon tinged flavours with just a hint of cobnut on the finish. |
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A rabbit was immunized and boosted with the purified recombinant mammaglobin. |
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Latin American markets have also been boosted by improvements in their domestic economies. |
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She boosted him up one-handed, and her smile was shaky as she faced him from a distance of inches. |
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He is also, incidentally, seeking to become the second black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and is boosted by the best season of his career. |
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The railway company began renting out freed-up land to newly-created industrial estates, which boosted profits. |
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People do not have to be taxpayers in order to have payments into a pension plan boosted by tax relief from the Inland Revenue. |
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The fuel inside the tanker exploded and the shockwave from the blast boosted Ravena's speed. |
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This economic reality has boosted college enrollments despite the financial difficulties. |
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If the U.S. administration relaxes its export control against China, its exports would be effectively boosted. |
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Several troubled companies saw their share prices boosted by the possibility that they could be rescued by a buy-out. |
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The firm said its German operations had been boosted by the purchase of a mobile service reseller earlier this year. |
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My ego is nicely boosted now, more so because I didn't expect it to happen. |
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It resuscitated the home-building industry, ended the shortage of dwelling units, alleviated civic panic, and boosted municipal revenues. |
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Those efforts produced more investment and high economic growth that boosted tax revenues. |
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The flight controls feature all push-pull rod primary controls and boosted ailerons. |
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The boom in mining around the world has boosted the company's exports of its gargantuan trucks and earth movers. |
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Drawn at Linton on peg 267 he offered lobworm for the 6lb slab and added a couple of eels and roach that boosted his catch to 8lb 1oz. |
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The hazy, semi-hallucinogenic beauty is boosted by the lo-fi, not-quite-focused home recording. |
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He has boosted his vocal power, widened his range and sounds more impressive than ever. |
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The fear is that corporate profits have been boosted by cost cutting, not increased sales and prices from a revival of the economy. |
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Her decision to re-enter formal education and gain a degree boosted her self confidence, but proved not to be the magic formula for a job. |
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A high school in Orlando boosted its test scores from an F to a D after purging its attendance rolls of 126 low-performing students. |
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Hailing from economically backward families, a steady source of income has immensely boosted the confidence levels of these women. |
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The boosted fusion bomb is essentially a fission bomb that uses fusion as part of the igniting process. |
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Competition over the years has greatly enhanced the efficiency of techniques and boosted the level of martial artists. |
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Furthermore, barley sugars were good for sick people as they boosted glucose levels. |
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He said the Hub development could have missed the economic boom that boosted the technology sector in recent years. |
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His omnipresence on social media has boosted his popularity with the Justin Bieber crowd. |
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Kaine could be boosted by his subcommittee, a bastion of support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. |
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Many hardware sites have cheerfully overclocked Athlon processors and in the process given AMD a reputation for clock speed, which has undoubtedly boosted chip sales. |
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Meanwhile, City have been boosted by the news Alex Mathie returned to full training yesterday for the first time since injuring his hamstring in pre-season. |
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Manager Terry Dolan is refusing to rest on his laurels after York City's 2-1 win at Leyton Orient boosted the team's survival hopes and ended a season-long hoodoo. |
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The minister said events of such magnitude had a positive impact on a country's economy as they boosted the tourism sector and also helped in upgrading of infrastructure. |
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He pushed Hannah onto the ground then boosted himself out of the water. |
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His shipping profits were boosted further by his failure to pay fuel, storage, provision and personnel bills to the shipping agent handling the vessel. |
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With boosted confidence and safe in the knowledge that people do in fact want to see traditional shows with farm animals, the organisers can now plan ahead for next year. |
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The Republican hopeful featured his husband in campaign ads and was boosted by a super PAC run by a California businessman. |
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There were record entries in the choir singing competitions, boosted by free workshops organised by the festival and held in local schools last year. |
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In the same period Scottish athletes have broken 55, and that figure is significantly boosted by the introduction of two new events, the women's hammer and pole vault. |
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They were boosted by the return from injury of Nigerian international Jay Jay Okocha, who was back in harness after a four-match lay-off with a hamstring problem. |
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On the back of hefty unrealised profits in their property and stock holdings, Japanese banks boosted their global operations, thinking the expansion could last forever. |
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Water gas had a lower calorific value than coal gas so the calorific value was often boosted by passing the gas through a heated retort into which oil was sprayed. |
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A nomination for the Mercury Music Award boosted the duo's profile further, and by the end of the year they were being embraced as the new king and queen of downtempo. |
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We used boosted regression trees to identify factors associated with success or failure at the introduction and naturalization stages in each region. |
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The deals allowed them to artificially inflate cash flow and hide debt, which deceptively boosted share price and ultimately led to the company's collapse. |
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Milk thistle was the only herb that boosted both the immune and nervous systems, helping nerve cells produce more neurites and keeping cells alive longer. |
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West Park tried to rally in the final quarter despite having a fourth player sent to the bin for foul play, and the visitors were boosted by a penalty try decision. |
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In the results statement, Fanning said Smart's cashflow should be boosted by the telecoms regulator's decision to introduce unified billing for consumers. |
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Nevertheless, the speeches he has been making recently have deservedly boosted his reputation and surprised people by their solidity and substance. |
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Recently the show has come around to embracing its serialization, a strategy that has boosted its ratings. |
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Persistent and lasting recruitment policies boosted the number of redundant public servants. |
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Gaddis found that with his broken arm, he couldn't climb the wall. Josh grabbed his foot and boosted him up. |
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Last year, there were more than 42,600 live births, boosted by the auspicious Dragon Year. |
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Secondly, the military boosted its numbers, possibly by one third in a single century. |
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Napoleon's triumph at Marengo secured his political authority and boosted his popularity back home, but it did not lead to an immediate peace. |
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The creation of genuine bureaucratic government boosted the formation of indigenous bourgeoisie. |
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During the continent's struggle against colonial rule, nationalistic songs boosted citizens' morale. |
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Morale within the city was boosted when Peter Bartholomew claimed to have discovered the Holy Lance. |
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Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. |
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Since the expansion of the European Union, numbers have been boosted by an influx of Eastern European immigrants. |
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The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s significantly boosted Shetland's economy, employment and public sector revenues. |
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The arrival of British soldiers boosted morale in the country, and many foreign citizens opted to stay. |
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Nevertheless, morale was boosted by events such as the marriage of Princess Elizabeth in 1947 and the Festival of Britain. |
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In the colonies, the success of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense had boosted public support for independence. |
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The channel boosted its nondrama broadcasting by commissioning more cookery shows. |
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Around 210, piracy increased around the North Sea and boosted the supply of slaves. |
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Though boosted by Welsh infantry sent by Montfort's ally Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Simon's forces were severely depleted. |
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Despite the size of the area, the population is under 500,000, although it is boosted each year with large tourist numbers. |
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Even longer routes from Cherbourg, Normandy and Brittany generate business, boosted by ferries from Ireland where alcohol duties are even higher. |
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In 1870, republican sentiment in Britain, fed by the Queen's seclusion, was boosted after the establishment of the Third French Republic. |
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British troops began to fall from disease at an alarming rate, but they were boosted by the arrival of 4,000 reinforcements from America. |
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This shift in thinking is boosted by a newer generation of Germans who see World War II as a distant memory. |
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Unifying various states into one nation required more than some military victories, however much these might have boosted morale. |
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An increase in direct international flights to Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown has boosted the number of overseas tourists. |
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In the Santa Clarita Valley, staffing was boosted for four fire patrols and one water tender. |
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Over the years, the Delia factor has also boosted sales of lime and coriander, liquid glucose, tahini paste, cranberry and even lemon zesters. |
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Nuclear explosions produce an excited form called xenon-133m, in which the atomic nucleus is boosted to a higher-energy state. |
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Both increased in the 1990s, as Corporate America scaled back break-even points and boosted ROE by investing heavily in laborsaving equipment. |
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They reported that adding the protein laminin to cells boosted their results. |
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I went to see this life coach and she really boosted my confidence back up. |
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A serial investor has boosted the health of young company Rostra UK Ltd, which specialises in treating varicose veins. |
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It has also boosted its flights with a new daily frequency to Barcelona and a new route to Bucharest with Rumanian State carrier Tarom. |
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Owens' confidence was further boosted when he held his own in Venezuela, where rosters are dotted with major-leaguers. |
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Victorias air defence against bushfires has been boosted with the arrival of two of the worlds biggest firefighting aircraft. |
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New Real Madrid signing Cristiano Ronaldo first boosted the trade in tiny shorts when he was pictured in a skin-tight pair last month. |
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The myxo vaccine should be boosted every six months in high-risk areas, and the VHD one every year. |
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It blocked oxidative DNA damage, lowered C-reactive protein and other inflammation biomarkers, and boosted immunity in the tuberculin skin test. |
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The overcharges boosted the cost of purchases by 3 percent, and were more than three times as frequent as undercharges. |
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A MERSEYSIDE school has boosted pupils' confidence, concentration and fitness by adding unicycling lessons to the timetable. |
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A new survey of nearby stars has boosted the likelihood that life exists outside our solar system, according to astronomical oddsmakers. |
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In the marine segment, large outboard motors boosted overall sales and income. |
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The Epsom firm put the outperformance down to strong cost controls and an order book boosted by recent contract wins. |
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Champions Llandudno boosted their hopes of retaining the title with a 55-run win over Pontblyddyn at the Oval to hold third position. |
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The boosted voltage is given to the CWVM and the voltage multiplier is stacked to improve the output voltage. |
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Its code preview tools are boosted with an integrated decompiler also used in two other JetBrains products, ReSharper and dotPeek. |
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This amount, he said, will be boosted by the creation of participatory banks. |
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The new flavor is boosted with whole plant extracts, including yerba mate, acerola cherry and goji berry. |
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The average for the first string was 609 fps, but I think the dieseling caused by the excess oil boosted the velocity a lot. |
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Being involved with the meeters and greeters initiative has been brilliant so far and has boosted my confidence massively. |
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According to a new study, productivity at the workplace can be boosted by allowing employees to take a power nap in the office. |
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Who look-alike who boosted photography by discovering a powerful fixing agent, sodium hyposulfite. |
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Memory can be boosted by aerobic exercise as a person gets older, according to a study published in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. |
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Memory can be boosted by aerobic exercise as a person gets older, says a study published in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. |
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The development of inline skates, the rollerblades, boosted its modern popularity. |
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Serotonin is the brain chemical boosted by antidepressant drugs such as fluoxetine, the active ingredient in Prozac. |
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As a result, exposure latitude is boosted by several f-stops while the sensor provides an industry-leading frame rate of up to 60 fps. |
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Soup fanciers will enjoy Firefly's tomato bisque, full-flavored, served hot and boosted with a floating gruyere crouton. |
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Those numbers boosted the case for funding NASA's next exoplanet-hunting mission, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which is scheduled for a 2017 launch. |
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Additionally, Chinese vendors offering products at competitive prices as compared to other power tool vendors has boosted the sales of power tools. |
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This mare finished fifth in a novice event at Wexford last time, form boosted by the subsequent wins of runner-up Pepperwood and fourth Straycat Strut. |
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My mates and I wrote to The Mirror asking for penpals and we must have received about 300 replies, which was fantastic and really boosted our morale. |
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The magazine's production has been helped markedly in the past few years by computerization, which has both cut time and boosted quality, Marshall notes. |
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His 5 points and Mofunanya's unproductiveness in the quarter boosted Sadd's confidence to end the quarter in their favour, enjoying a 10-point lead. |
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The Helios supercomputer, which supports research work aimed at controlling nuclear fusion, has been boosted with the addition of more processing power. |
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The growth trend is boosted by the anticipated return on investment for high value species such as sable, roan, nyala, waterbuck, tsessebe, blackfaced impala and lechwe. |
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Post Office Travel Money said demand for the New Zealand dollar had been boosted by the release of The Hobbit film, which was shot in the country. |
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The CML has previously predicted that activity would pick up this year, boosted by Government efforts to unblock the housing market such as its Funding for Lending scheme. |
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Octopus ceviche here is fine, though not much like its South American counterpart, arriving boosted with piquillo peppers, red onion and olives and a touch of lemon. |
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Reports that actor Daniel Craig is heading to Bognor Regis to film part of new James Bond movie Skyfall have boosted business at the firm's three sites in the Sussex town. |
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Based on the Merlin 1C engine that boosted the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket to orbit in 2008, the Merlin Vacuum engine uses a regeneratively cooled combustion chamber. |
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Both the ARTEMIS and the CASTLE studies suggest that in PI-naive patients, both atazanavir and darunavir can be boosted with 100 mg of ritonavir, which is an advantage. |
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Indeed, these sectoral reallocations boosted productivity between periods. |
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When Pfizer published only good news about Zoloft, the company boosted doctors' confidence, and that confidence then made the drug more likely to help depressed patients. |
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During and after treatment, adenosine levels in the tissues were boosted. |
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The way taxes, licenses and truck fees have been boosted in California the past year, it appears our representatives have been afflicted with a very bad case of spendicitis. |
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In the second half of the 1800s, Manchester's reputation as a financial and commercial centre was boosted by the unprecedented number of warehouses erected in the city centre. |
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High costs passed though the product chain boosted the 'value' of production on which wage increases were based, but made exports less competitive. |
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During his years as viceroy, Kublai managed his territory well, boosted the agricultural output of Henan, and increased social welfare spendings after receiving Xi'an. |
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In the 18th century, during the era of Russian Enlightenment, the development of Russian literature was boosted by the works of Mikhail Lomonosov and Denis Fonvizin. |
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His political career was boosted and his cursus honorum finished as early as 13 BC, when he was elected consul with Tiberius, the stepson and successor of Augustus. |
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The increase in visitor numbers was said to have been boosted by interest in the Isle of Wight Council election results and Isle of Wight Festival coverage. |
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Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along northern and coastal West Africa. |
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Wind projects boosted local tax bases and revitalized the economy of rural communities by providing a steady income stream to farmers with wind turbines on their land. |
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Mary's numbers were boosted by the release and restoration to favour of Lord Huntly's son, and the return of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, from exile in France. |
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The return to economic stability boosted the regime's popularity. |
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Peace has boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. |
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In their second innings, the Australians, boosted by a spectacular 55 runs off 60 deliveries from Hugh Massie, managed 122, which left England only 85 runs to win. |
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An attempt on his life at Drury Lane Theatre, in which one person was shot dead before the assailant was brought under control, boosted his high public profile. |
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The spread of the printing press technology boosted the Renaissance in Northern Europe as elsewhere, with Venice becoming a world center of printing. |
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The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds. |
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Patients taking either boosted or unboosted Invirase or Fortavase should not take rifampin, a med used to treat bacterial infections like tuberculosis. |
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He said a combination of finding new ways to hunt and fears that last year's Boxing Day foxhunt would be the last has ironically boosted interest. |
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