Word: dampen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, most economists forecast that inflation by year's end will be running at about 5% to 6%. Such a rate would be modest by the standards of recent years arid would not greatly dampen consumer optimism, especially if the current expansion in personal income continues to put more money in buyers' pockets. Already the rise in consumer installment credit for the first three months of the year ($3.9 billion) tops the increase for all of 1975 ($3.7 billion...
...some degree, the Senate has attempted to dampen Common Cause criticism by regulating the content of newsletters and other large franked mailings. Until this year, the Senate regulations were so loose that an occasional proliferation of blatantly election-oriented newsletters was not uncommon. A close examination of Senate newsletters issued in the last year show a wide variety of styles and content, ranging from self-serving puffery to informative discussions of issues with a fair presentation of contrasting views. The style often has reflected each senator's self-perception--whether he views himself chiefly as a public "educator...
...ventilated section by section as the teams painstakingly made their way to the victims. The day before the blast, the mine had been cited for three violations of federal ventilation laws-and only two of the violations had been corrected. But 11 of 36 sprinklers used to dampen inflammable coal dust were not operating. There is no indication, however, that this was in any way connected with the explosion. Nor do officials know how the fatal quantity of methane gathered in the passageway-or what ignited...
...power, Muldoon's National Party will probably try to dampen inflation and reduce the $970 million balance of payments deficit by imposing import restrictions and reducing or eliminating subsidies aimed at protecting consumers from rising transport, postal and electricity costs. Promising "a year of belt tightening," Muldoon could be in for rough times with organized labor...
...average, 31% below last year's spectacular highs. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Exxon's profits were down 31.2% from a year earlier, Gulfs 36%, Texaco's 38% and Mobil's 17%. The slide in earnings, plus the new price rollback, is certain to dampen oilmen's enthusiasm for much needed exploration. U.S. production of crude is in its fifth consecutive year of decline. And though oil companies completed drilling a record 25,729 domestic wells in the first nine months of this year, they have not found enough new reserves to offset...