Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this adversity could not dampen the spirits of the Crimson netwomen, however...
...legislation is building. The House last week held hearings on foreign bank activities in the U.S. Critics argue that it is risky to let non-Americans absorb too large a segment of domestic banking. They contend that foreign-owned banks may not always cooperate with U.S. monetary policies to dampen inflation or prop up the dollar, particularly if the home country disapproves. Warns New York Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal: "The present open door to foreign interests is a dangerous and unwise policy that threatens the integrity of the U.S. banking system...
...take the low road," is the advice a presidential candidate usually gets from his top aides and running mate. But in his recent campaigning, President Carter has reversed that pattern, slashing with sharp hyperbole at Ronald Reagan while Jody Powell and other aides anxiously try to dampen his rhetorical excesses...
...chant, but before long it disappeared into the chorus of "We want Ted." Where television had benefited from its narrow, tight focus before, it now suffered; the power of the Kennedy backers was the most impressive on a grand scale. The only person in the hall able even to dampen the spirits of the demonstrators was the orchestra vocalist, a bald, leather-jacketed hybrid of Johnny Rotten and Guy Lombardo who forgot the words to "If I Had a Hammer," an error that by all accounts was quite welcome. In the end, it was almost anti-climactic that Kennedy...
Finally, a wage-price freeze, if temporary, would have little or no effect on inflation. The inflationary spurt after Nixon lifted his price controls in 1974 simply reflected pent-up pressures. The freeze did little to dampen expectations of inflation, and in the views of some economists may ultimately have led to even higher price levels! A more permanent freeze would have the defects mentioned earlier. It is not clear that such a system of permanent administrative price setting--approximating the system in a centrally planned economy--would be desirable, despite the many drawbacks of a market-based economy...