31.   GOP candidates of indifferent appeal presumably would be give a boost, especially against incumbents, by brightening their candidacies with popular policy baubles.

32.   Further cuts in short-term interest rates should give a boost to housing next year, he said.

33.   Give a boost, as you put it?

34.   Greenspan and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have continually cut interest rates, which have given a boost to housing in New York and across the country.

35.   He said the museum would attract tourists heading to the Berkshires, and give a boost to Winsted, an old mill town in the western Connecticut foothills.

36.   I gave a boost last year and I tried to give a lift today.

37.   If the product proves successful, it could give a boost to the flagging fortunes of Cambridge, Mass.-based Polaroid.

38.   If the flags gave her a boost, the headband sent her heavenward.

39.   If this happens on a big scale and demand for stocks rise as a result, it could give a boost to stock prices.

40.   If the two do get together, it could give a boost to Olajuwon, who has been outstanding on the court but not off it.