1.   Average starting salaries for graduates with technical degrees have also gotten a boost.

2.   He recently got a boost when Mr Mubarak replaced a rival, Salah Halabi, as army chief of staff.

3.   The community will get a boost from a new library and recreation center.

4.   THE Llandudno flood victims will get a boost today when the Duke of Edinburgh flies in to see the disaster for himself.

5.   Also, eSpeed got a boost from the trouble at the Enron Corp., the giant energy company that filed for bankruptcy a month ago.

6.   Also, bonds get a boost because it becomes cheaper for investors to borrow in the money market and invest in bonds.

7.   Also, stocks are unlikely to get a boost from lower interest rates, they said.

8.   Although education has gotten a boost from Intel, certain aspects of the high-tech boom in housing and commercial growth are unsettling.

9.   Among medical areas likely to get a boost are the Human Genome Project, AIDS, and cancer research.

10.   Although the industry has faced mounting pressure from high paper prices, it has gotten a boost from a curious corner.