Word: dampen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concert perennial is easily recognized by its opening second movement theme, a sound- alike for the late 1940s popular song Nature Boy. The quintet is often said to reflect the composer's sunny, lyric disposition, and even the swift changes in tempo and sudden clouds of melancholy cannot dampen the work's high spirits. Both the Juilliard with Firkusny and the Cleveland with Ax are faithful to the Dvorak spirit. The older Juilliard brings a muscular exuberance to the piece, while the youthful members of the Cleveland achieve a light, effortless expressiveness well suited to the music...
...world economic growth. When countries are required to reduce or eliminate their balance of payments deficits, there are fewer customers for the products of industrialized nations and fewer buyers of basic Third World commodities such as bauxite and copper. The end result could be a vicious cycle that would dampen investment and lower incomes...
...soybean charges also point up one of the problems of the commodities exchanges: the same broker may both represent customers and trade for his own account. Though this duality is thought to dampen violent swings in price-brokers may have to buy or sell when no one else will-it opens opportunities for abuse. Says Skinner: "Whenever you have a situation where a broker can trade for himself as well as be arbiter for both sides, you are going to have problems...
...spoilsports tried to dampen the Jubilee spirits-with scant success. Dustmen in Hammersmith, who had originally demanded $58 in extra pay to clean up post-Jubilee litter, eventually settled for $17. The Socialist Workers Party managed to sell some badges urging STUFF THE JUBILEE, and the Movement Against a Monarchy claimed great success in its sale of auto bumper stickers proclaiming ROT ALL RULERS. But an anti-Jubilee rally in London attracted a grand audience of eight...
...choice but to indulge the illusions of his adopted niece, who is entranced when he slips around a corner and mimics a radio broadcast, complete with an interview with Winston Churchill. At the end, when she and Jacob are deported to a camp, he says nothing to dampen her uncomprehending glee at taking a trip...