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Louisiana's performance in the wake of the hurricanes is impressive. Statewide results are receiving a strong boost from construction crews and other personnel in the region for the post-hurricane reconstruction. We think displaced gamblers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are also driving growth.

Lott's re-election is something close to a sure thing, but if he had vacated his seat, the contest to replace him would have been very competitive, giving Democrats a boost in their efforts to pick up seats in November.

Scott's presence gave a big boost to the team.

Most will boost their prices over a period of time. They'll do it daily.

Net-net, the change is expected to boost earnings on a continued operating basis.

Martin Rees

One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

One important thing in the application process for sellers will be to verify that their items are produced locally and are from those counties. The Farmer's Market is for the nature and well being of the local community and for those producers trying to boost their business.

Money is gathering into the real-estate business. The trend will help boost profits of property companies and banks.

New models will help boost sales in overseas markets this year as they did at home last year.

Michael Campbell

Obviously this is a boost to our chances. This is obviously a good career move for Bauer and something that really plays to his strengths.

John Smoltz

Whenever you see a rash of new guys coming through, you never imagine they can contribute the way that they did. I think it's a great boost of confidence for them to be able to feel that no matter what happens this year, they have the capability to be a big part of our organization.

Getting this far is a great boost for this program. We need to get stronger and keep working on fundamentals, and if we can, we can come back and take another shot at this.

Funds are giving a strong boost to metal prices.

Fund managers rushed to boost their portfolios that will be presented to clients at the end of the quarter.

Ron Turner

I don't think he's surprised me, but we're real pleased with what he's done. He's kept up especially the last few weeks since he's come back from injury and given us a big boost and we're excited about what that can mean down the road.

LaToya London

We will go on tour, that will be a boost for me. After that I can focus on LaToya. If I didn't have them, so many people would be coming at me right now and I wouldn't know what to do.

On the positive side, one survey suggests that more consumers this year are delaying their shopping until later in the season. If that's true, sales will get another boost in December.

I wouldn't trade those boos for anything in the world. It was a wonderful experience with 20,000 world-class Philadelphia fans on my back.

I would have felt terrible if we had lost by a couple strokes. We responded today like we needed to. This is a great momentum boost for us going into the conference championship.

I was pleased with our scoring production and big wins like these always boost the girls' confidence. We still need to improve defensively. We're capable of playing better defense.

I got to 285-290 (pounds) my junior year, ... That is when I hit my ideal weight. I was quicker, stronger and faster. But it was more of a mental confidence boost than anything.

Marcus Spears

I got lucky today and stumbled upon a fumble recovery. When you are a defensive lineman and you have to run a good 60 yards really fast, you have to get that extra boost to get refurbished.

Wu Bangguo

China is ready to join hands with Zambia to boost the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in the economic and trade sectors.

China and Japan should strengthen exchanges. It is our common view to boost tourism and therefore we decide to start tourism exchange year from now.

Peter Murphy

Chris Robins did not play with us last year but his level of play, leadership and experience has been a great boost to our team.

I felt pressure coming to the last hole. To get up there and hit that golf shot, it was a great boost of confidence. I know I can hit the shots. Tomorrow, I can rely on that and have confidence in myself.

I felt pressure coming to the last hole. All I was looking for was a par. But the way I hit the shot, it was a boost of confidence.

If India and Pakistan would have coordinated efforts to provide relief and rehabilitation, it would have given a boost -- but it hasn't happened.

She's very professional. Her play has given us a huge boost this season.

She's really a boost for us. Whatever we need her to do she does. Her technique work is great in all four strokes.

Since the market demand was very strong worldwide we invested to boost our production capacity. The result of the investment is finally being reflected in our profitability.

I'd love to see us be in a close game with them on their home court. And getting a win would be a much-needed boost for us, a great jump-start to finish out the year.

Hoshyar Zebari

ideas (he has presented) for some practical steps which can help boost morale on the domestic Iraqi scene.