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Despite all Stephenson's energetic planning, and the public's "unexpectedly strong interest" in all the events, inclement weather could more than dampen spirits...
Parts of the reform bill may dampen economic activity in certain sectors. Some corporate leaders worry about the reform's repeal of the venerable 6% to 10% investment tax credit for companies that buy heavy capital goods. They fear that the repeal could make it more difficult for industries like steel and machine-tool manufacturing to compete with overseas producers. Reform advocates respond that companies will gain other advantages from lower overall corporate rates. Declares Treasury Secretary James Baker: "U.S. corporations will have the lowest tax rate of any of our major trading partners...
...make him happy too. Nevertheless, TASS later complained that the meeting had been orchestrated "in such a way as to make it appear that the President ran into the eleven-year-old girl by chance." Seemingly, Moscow's decision to send Katya on the peace mission did not much dampen even the war of words and innuendo...
...even a sudden rainshower could not dampen the potheads' fun this year, as they took shelter in shanties built by anti-apartheid activists...
...court's latest actions will hardly dampen official antiporn efforts. Indeed, as part of the ongoing work of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, Edwin Meese last week approved a new $100,000 study of porn's antisocial impact. But the court did seem to signal what it believes is a constitutional approach. As UCLA Law Professor Henry McGee describes it, the emerging doctrine appears to be "If people want it, they can have it. But they shouldn't subject everyone else...