And even a 20 percent boost in stock prices from current levels does not restore them to their recent highs.

The I.R.S., he believes, needs a 50 percent boost in its enforcement budget.

Most people can handle a ten or fifteen percent boost.

That's a 44 percent boost in weight loss, just from drinking water.

During the same period, the bottom fifth of earners only experienced a 20 percent boost in income.

The event, he said, may have been a factor behind a recent 25 percent boost in sales for Nong Shim, a participating ramen company.

The result: Sleep-deprived study volunteers reported a 24 percent boost in appetite.

That 14.4 percent boost still lagged behind the overall increase in household incomes.

"If you get a 1 percent boost from it, well, that's open water in the 100 meters," Pound said.

By this spring, he could push 1,250 watts, a 39 percent boost.