It has done a bit to boost security in Darfur's towns but has provided almost no protection in rural areas.
Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai and Godolphin's founder, did his bit to boost the roster this week, when he was the most active buyer by far at Tattersalls' Book 1 sale, the year's most exclusive bloodstock auction.
On the other side of the argument, moves in the creditor countries to soften the terms of Greece's rescue – debt relief or writedown being the most essential and politically trickiest bit – will boost anti-euro activists in Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.
A thoroughly satisfactory night for Bafta then; not everyone can get prizes, but the British Academy can pat itself on the back for having done its bit to boost classy films and box-office players.
While the Republicans claim that they have done their bit to boost their turnout, by and large a higher overall turnout has favoured the Democrats in the past.Swing-state urban areas with large minority populations that tend to vote Democrat, such as Cleveland, Ohio and St Louis, Missouri, are seeing voter registrations jump.
Meanwhile, Hollywood studios did their bit to boost the South Seas saloon concept.
NYCe has a selection of electric bikes that will give you just that bit of boost.
So if you like swimming, sunning, eating great food, being pampered with massages and bodywork, shopping, relaxing, doing your bit to boost the local economy, visiting ancient Mayan ruins, hiking, wonderful weather, I have two words for you: Quintana Roo.
JACKIE MANN, the protagonist of John Ridley's fourth novel, did his first bit -shamelessly boosted from Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" -- on the playground in grade school.
On a related note, Apple also says in the upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard release, Safari will run as a 64-bit application, boosting the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50%%.
