1.   Whitaker and Givens give the proceedings a much needed lift and the latter shows promise and the conniving seductress.

2.   And gave the Rangers a much-needed lift in the process.

3.   Demonstrations ebbed in much of the country, giving the financially pressed government and the investment markets a badly needed lift.

4.   Given the attention the PT Cruiser has garnered, it would also have given a much-needed lift to Plymouth.

5.   If anything has given the stock market a needed lift, it has been the bond market, where prices have rallied for two weeks.

6.   Instead of dropping weights when the balloon descends in the evening, the pilot can light his burners and obtain the needed lift from hot air.

7.   Proponents say the latest findings could give shock therapy a much-needed lift.

8.   The changes, he said, will give the team a much-needed lift.

9.   The petroleum industry received a badly needed lift as the price of oil rose.

10.   The port and the safe passage route are particularly important to Arafat because both would provide a much-needed lift to the Palestinian economy.