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Once I got out on the floor I felt really good. Seeing my first two shots go down was definitely a boost of confidence.

The new equipment will give a much needed boost to the facilities within the school.

Paul Jackson

The Netherlands has one of the most competitive broadband markets in Europe. Early on, there was competition in broadband from cable TV operators, which sent prices plummeting and helped boost the use of broadband.

It's a huge boost for us. You can't put too much emphasis on one game in the ACC. You have to stay focused and on an even keel, win or lose.

It provided us with a solid week of training. During the season teams are often preparing on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for a Friday competition. During those weeks we really have to watch our volume of training. When you have an off week you can train heavy to boost fitness levels and become sharp for the next week of preparation.

For him, as far as confidence, to boost his morale, I think everyone is looking forward to that first one he makes, ... Anything positive that happens will be good for him and a big plus for the team.

For her to take over like that, it was just the greatest boost for the team. She got this great look on her face. ... We definitely needed a leader, and Sam definitely stepped up into that role tonight.

Foreign net buying Thursday also helped boost market sentiment.

Fordham is a good team, and we just came out and put in different things. It was a boost of confidence for us to get a 20-point win and play well.

I'm excited. It is a great boost of energy as we get focused on Moscow. It is a culmination of a lot of hard work.

I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.

It's not friendly for the Fed at all. This boosts the chance of a March rate increase; it should cement 4.75 percent.

Economic data this week is likely to be reasonably positive, so this should give some support to stocks and boost hopes that the economy has turned the corner.

Economic growth is rebounding after the temporary weakness in the third quarter. Rising export prices are providing a huge boost to the economy, which is fueling profits and prompting companies to hire.

It's difficult. We need to boost the competitiveness of Hong Kong workers. That could be done by education but that's a medium-term solution.

It was a nice way to end the season. It's a boost going into playoffs, but we have to get back to work and stay focused. We'll get a game plan for the playoffs once we know who we will face.

It was a pretty good weekend for us. Getting our first conference win was important. Especially missing one of our starters, that was a big boost of confidence for us.

It was nice to come out at home and see a big crowd. People showed up even with construction still going on. I think that definitely was a boost for the guys.

Ken Watanabe

It was a good morale boost and I was happy to see that. It brought the focus back to our main goal, which is to repeat as the state champion.

I've heard that the Chris Madden line's pulling powerful comparable sales growth for the past six to seven months. This is a category that exploding for Penney and it's also helping boost their monthly sales higher,

Chase Blackburn

I've given myself a little confidence boost knowing that now I am able to perform in the NFL. Now I just need to continue to do so.

It was a great boost of confidence. I know I can hit the shots.

It was a great learning experience -- I think we needed this, to be tested and to come out on top. It should be a great confidence boost heading into Big Tens -- it worked out perfectly for us.

This is very much at the start-up phase, where investment costs are more significant than revenue. In the long term, it may be possible to boost revenue once the technology improves.

This is where you can get a large boost in network performance for a modest investment.

Tony DiCicco

This just boosts our confidence. We have more heart this year.

Christine Gregoire

This is a victory for consumers who depend on these medications to help them make it through the day, ... A license to manufacture prescription drugs is not a license to engage in unfair market manipulation to boost profits ...

If you have fewer jobs created and less of a boost to the economy overall, then that effect naturally filters out,

Asafa Powell

In the final tomorrow we will make one change (Chris Williams coming in) on the third leg and I think that will boost up the team a little more.

Instead of the present ad hoc adjustments to the tax rate we ... call for government to provide greater certainty to the market regarding its fiscal regime by committing itself to a target corporate tax rate in the region of 25% to be implemented within a fixed time frame. This would provide an immediate boost to investment and therefore jobs.

Investors will become focused on the interest-rate differential story this week. Strong U.S. economic figures will reinforce the view the Fed will keep raising rates, giving a boost to the dollar.

In the long run, economic growth will continue to get an important boost from the development of new technologies and the discovery of new ways to work better, faster and smarter,

Insert earphones can boost the signal by as much as six to nine decibels. That's about the difference between the sound of a vacuum cleaner and a motorcycle. It's a significant difference.