None of them has anything to do with horses or racing, only with local boosterism and with reinforcing the self-importance of the participants.

Insisting on art about aviation allowed the airport to avoid the politics sure to arise from the obvious alternative - local boosterism.

Some people in Hollywood dismiss the Hamptons festival as local boosterism that lacks both cachet and artistic merit.

Apparently the name marries well with local boosterism.

It wasn't entirely local boosterism.

The companies that pay roughly $1 million a year or more for these oversized vanity plates typically say they do it in the spirit of local boosterism.

Many top executives are from other parts of the country and do not share the local boosterism that is often found in smaller cities.

Enamored by local boosterism and propaganda campaigns, l'Atelier was also recognized for its wheatpaste posters which often littered the downtown core area.

"I know enough about local boosterism to know that this kind of thing happened everywhere," Ms. Donovan said.

My wife was unswayed by my burst of local boosterism.