Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lead a more planned existence," he says. "We are already suffering a loss of discretionary income because of inflation. As our mobility decreases, we will also face a loss of discretionary time and space. These changes will drain society of much of its spontaneity and excitement. And they will dampen the American belief that everything is possible at all times. But the shortage may also lead to the rediscovery of friends. People will have to share cars, share activities, maybe even share houses from time to time, if the fuel shortage gets bad enough. In a sense, maybe people will...
Voter turnout was termed "moderate" yesterday by Cambridge Election Commission officials as one of the city's duller biennial campaigns and the winter's first bitter cold combined to dampen interest in the election...
...during the past month, the candidates have found themselves outnumbering the electorate. It would be hard to imagine local issues contesting the recent spurt of national news for priority in the voters' minds, but if political interest isn't generated at the local level, and crimes and more crimes dampen the American electorate's interest in politics at the national level, what's left? If not the people, it must be the system. Fran Schumer Supplements Editor
...further dampen protest, the junta agreed to allow some 10,000 foreigners to take refuge in havens operated by churches and voluntary organizations. However, those who have "committed some offense" will not be protected and will be subject to arrest even inside the sanctuaries...
Being Stingy. The Federal Reserve touched off this wild scramble as part of its complex plan to calm the economy's inflationary exuberance. For some time, the Fed has been trying to dampen borrowing by being stingy in doling out reserves to banks, and early in the summer, Board Chairman Arthur Burns abandoned his attempts to hold rates down by jawboning. The board then became worried that depositors would pull their funds out of banks and S and Ls in order to buy higher-yielding Treasury bills or commercial paper, leaving the savings institutions with no money to lend...