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Word: dampener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-old brownstone and seems to feel that things have come to a pretty pass when a man can't snore the night away in his own bed without being afraid of waking the neighbors, suggested that both consult their landlord about what might be done to dampen the high fidelity of the Sheir snoring, and that everybody show up in court again next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: The Hi-Fi Snore | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

...shadows could dampen the new mood of optimism about Curtis' future. At a press conference after the stockholders' meeting, Banker Semenenko hinted at Curtis plans to expand into book publishing, television broadcasting, and perhaps in other directions. "It will be advantageous," he said, "for Curtis to acquire such companies." Nor did he rule out the possibility that other companies might find it equally advantageous to buy into Curtis. "Many companies will want to merge with Curtis," said Semenenko. "Many have already made overtures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Optimism at Curtis | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

...arrived in Norway on a barnstorming jaunt through Scandinavia, but the 25,000 fans who paid their way in to watch him spar made Listen sunny. Even the news that his proposed fight this week with showy but second-rate German Heavyweight Uli Ritter was off could not dampen his spirits. He hied himself to a Swedish bastu (steam bath) and had himself steamed and scourged with branches until he was his jovially ferocious self again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 6, 1963 | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

...news was not unexpected, but that did not dampen its revolutionary impact. After 51 months of meetings, labor and management agreed on a 13-week paid sabbatical vacation once every five years (on a rotating basis) for all hourly workers in the top half of the seniority ranks at each steel company. In all of U.S. industry, only the canmakers have even a roughly similar agreement, and Dave McDonald has been trying to get one from the steelmakers for seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: A Satisfactory Steel Settlement | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

When word of the murder reached the King's residence on the banks of the Mekong, it failed to dampen the merrymaking. The band played on, the ministers and their ladies continued to sip champagne. Shrugged one guest: "No one had it more coming to him and from more quarters than did Quinim Pholsena.'' Hardworking, dedicated and devious. Quinim lacked the customary Laotian charm and grew up consumed by bitterness and envy. Unlike most other Laotian politicians, he did not belong to a rich or princely family. He made a lot of money as a merchant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: After the Party | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

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