Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even rain could dampen the fires of militancy. On Wednesday, 50 members of Harvard's Afro and Afro-American Society marched around University Hall, shouting under the drizzle, "Hey, hey, we're all on strike. Four times. Strike, strike, strike, strike!" Some walking barefoot, they called up to students in the dormitories to join them. Filtering through the stalled traffic of Harvard Square, the marchers wound up in front of President Pusey's house on Quincy Street. There they observed a shouted exhortation to "have a moment of meditation for the outgoing president and fellows...
...Commonwealth Affairs Secretary Michael Stewart: "Will the right honorable gentleman convey to the Prime Minister the congratulations of the House on at last taking on somebody of his own size?" Harold Wilson had not sent troops into Nigeria, or settled the Rhodesian problem by force, or even managed to dampen the nationalism of the Scots. Instead, to a cascade of laughter around the world, he had dispatched the crack "Red Devils" of the 16th Parachute Brigade to subdue the rebellious Caribbean island of Anguilla, whose 35 sq. mi. and population of 6,080 make it one of the tiniest remnants...
French workers are eager for wage increases to cover cost-of-living increases. Prices have been rising by an annual rate of about 6%, faster than in any other Common Market country. Consumer costs have been swollen further by huge tax increases designed to dampen demand. Inflation has debased the currency to the point where, for the first time in years, black marketeers are selling francs for stronger money at discounts of 5% or more. The economy's weakness has so greatly affected the country's political power the French are no longer campaigning in world banking councils...
...NIXON. The word went out last week in the Nixon camp: Dampen all that Cabinet speculation until after Nov. 5, lest it seem presumptuous. Still, it is generally believed that Nixon is so interested in foreign affairs that he may not want an overly independent Secretary of State. In that case, he might pick Pennsylvania's William Scranton, who recently trekked to Europe on a fact-finding tour for him. If Nixon finally decides on an individualist for Foggy Bottom, the odds favor Douglas Dillon, who would have been Secretary of State in 1960 had Nixon won. Scranton might...
...single ten-day period, of course, is anything but conclusive. Nonetheless, the industry's early-October performance suggests that the 10% tax surcharge has done remarkably little to dampen consumer spending.* With Buick and Oldsmobile improving most, G.M. showed sizable gains in all divisions except Cadillac. Ford fared best with such full-size models as its new LTD, while Lincoln Mercury's biggest gainer was the Cougar, available for the first time in a convertible. Chrysler reported across-the-board gains, paced by Plymouth's ultra-sporty "Road Runner," so-called because of a "beep beep" horn...