On a quick visit here, he helped push a plan to channel foreign tourists directly into what local boosters call "the safe Peru."

Many Western cities, local boosters say, are now planning similar systems that will take years to build.

In that scandal, Webber received over $200,000 from a local booster while playing basketball for Michigan.

The Yonkers public schools, however, have some local boosters.

Bradshaw was the third coach at the school in as many years, and local boosters were reportedly concerned about his salary.

It used to be that good will and free T-shirts from Al's Deli or some other local booster were enough.

In many towns and small cities before 1900, local boosters operated social libraries, which were open by subscription.

The move was spearheaded by local booster, Morgan Alexander.

To others, there's something close to home in the win-at-any cost tactics employed by the local boosters.

Others say they arise from a conviction of local boosters that the wintry region needs something to make it attractive.