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...line" to transit the canal in case of an emergency. The cable, from the U.S. embassy in Panama to the State Department, predicted "increasing irritation" over differing interpretations of the wording of the treaty, which guarantees American warships the right "to transit the canal expeditiously" after 1999. To dampen senatorial wrath, the State Department late in the week said the U.S. and Panama would draft a statement clarifying the disputed provisions...
...ever-flowing rain of the past two weeks may have reduced Soldiers Field to a marshy bog, but it did not dampen Mleczko or the Crimson women. In a hard-hitting battle highlighted by Harvard's superb ball control, the women displayed much of the skill that earned them a 12-1-1 record...
...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...