1.   Neither a Pulitzer nor a Tony guarantees an economic lift.

2.   The government has released some encouraging data in recent weeks, and this has raised hopes for an economic lift.

3.   While Baltimore is euphoric over the emotional and economic lift a new National Football League franchise will give the city, fans in Cleveland are outraged.

4.   Ader said hotels were hoping for an economic lift from the fight.

5.   Bush and Fox want to expand trade across the border, arguing that doing so will give Mexico the economic lift it needs to curb illegal immigration.

6.   Japan could definitely use an economic lift.