21.   It gives major boosts to day care, alternative schools, law enforcement pay and the state crime lab.

22.   It got a major boost in March, when Compaq, the largest PC manufacturer, agreed to use its Pentium-class chips.

23.   Information will give a major boost to research on many human diseases.

24.   It will need that kind of mistake-free effort and then a major boost on defense to keep pace with San Francisco.

25.   It would be a major boost to countries such as Ghana, Uganda and Zambia.

26.   It is the most significant move by an Austrian bank into the Russian securities business and is a major boost for the three-year-old Grant brokerage.

27.   Later in the evening, Mrs. Clinton got a major boost from her husband during his primetime speech.

28.   Lottery officials also were looking for a major sales boost by signing Texas up for a multistate game for the first time.

29.   Missourians Against Crime got a major boost when the St. Louis Police Officers Association endorsed concealed weapons.

30.   More importantly for Teva, an FDA approval for its first original drug would give a major boost to its already booming generic drug business.