Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...election was still 363 days off, in which time the whole political scene can and may change. Two major things may occur to improve President Hoover's chances of success: i) a turn for the better in the economic tide, with rising prices and increased trade, which would substantially dampen the "protest vote" now rampant; 2) Democratic blunders in managing the next House (see p. 12), followed by another Wet & Dry schism after the Democratic nomination...
Such reports did not dampen Mr. Cord's enthusiasm. Said he: "There has been no supporting group in this stock to my knowledge since last July. The whole activity ... is the result of what our company has been doing in the way of production. . . . Our schedule has been increased to 19,900 cars up to May i." In all 1930, only 13,000 Auburns were made. For 1931, 40,000 are predicted by Mr. Cord...
...Great God Pigskin Sickens." So says the Daily Northwestern. "Long, irksome drills, coupled with necessity for victory, have tended to dampen the ardor even of those who love the game most," writes the Rutgers Targum. In the Yale News appears the following ultimatum: members of the "Big Three must either fall in line with the thoroughly up-to-date type (of football) as played by such teams as Notre Dame; or they must frankly recognize that football skill, glory, strength, and prestige is no longer centralized in Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, and set about to engage in less elaborate...