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The first weekend after the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced, moviegoers  gave a modest boost to the  the nine features up for best picture.

General Electric 's $45 billion acquisition of Honeywell and some better-than-expected blue chip earnings gave a modest boost to the Dow Jones Industrial Average today, which ended up 45.13 to 10271.72.

At best, the dividend-tax cut is aimed at giving a modest boost to the stock market.

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If past history is a guide, this will lead to a rally on Wall Street, and it will also give a modest boost, probably of temporary nature, to the economy at large.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) — Consumers went shopping for clothes, furniture and electronics products last month, giving a modest boost to retail sales despite continued weakness in the demand for new cars.

The snapshot of the manufacturing sector from Markit/Cips showed that exports have been given a modest boost by the decline in the value of the pound, but this is not the greatest moment to be trying to break into new markets overseas.

Government spending is also likely to give a modest boost to the economy as the austerity craze in Washington seems to have receded for the moment.

Todd Herzog, above, a 22-year-old flight attendant from Utah, became the latest champion of the "Survivor" series on Sunday as the final episode of the show's 15th edition gave CBS a modest boost in the ratings.

"What Trump said should give Xi a modest boost," said Minxin Pei, a China expert at Claremont McKenna College in California.

François Hollande's handling of the Paris terror attacks has given him a modest boost in the polls, though a majority of French remain dissatisfied with his running of the country.