Word: dampen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...winter rain slanted coldly down into the crowds, but not enough to dampen the homecoming. Nearly 500,000 cheering chilenos lined the nine-mile route from Los Cerrillos airport into downtown Santiago, waving their red, white and blue colors and chanting "Frei-Frei! Chile-Chile!" Smiling, tearful with gratitude, President Eduardo Frei was home after a 22-day goodwill tour through Italy, France, England and West Germany...
...interest charges for short-term export credits will be trimmed from 7% to 6%; the government will also delay planned construction projects for schools, hospitals, housing and roads-thus bravely inviting a rise in unemployment in hopes of overcoming labor shortages in key export industries, such as shipbuilding. To dampen domestic demand and bring down export prices, the government cut back hard on lending for local public works, also shelved its minimum-wage scheme, postponed promised reductions in socialized-medicine charges and in interest rates for home mortgages, and further tightened consumer credit...
Late afternoon rain did not dampen the high spirits of the reunion's first day. In their reunion kits, members received rain hats for themselves and their wives. They were also given a choice of emblemmed wastebaskets, ashtrays, soap, drinking cups, and the traditional four-in-hand class tie. Tootsie rolls, a cigarette lighter mounted atop a grapefruit soda can--"for classmates, wives, and seniors only"--and Greek bags for the ladies were also offered...
Moonlight & Shadows. From the sullen cities of Serbia and Croatia to the sunny villages of Dalmatia prices are the prime topics of conversation in Yugoslavia. Resort operators grumble that soaring costs will dampen the $90 million-a-year tourist trade. The cost of living, up 19% last year, spiraled another 9% in 1965's first quarter. The hardest hit was food, which has risen an average 30% in the past year; such items as beef, pork, apples, potatoes and top-quality slivovitz (plum brandy) have jumped between 50% and 100%. Prices have also risen for everything from haircuts...
Rockefeller's narrow loss to the Faubus last year did not dampen his optimism. "Republicans can not only consolidate their gains in the South, but we can also make a tremendous and permanent contribution to the national party," he said...