Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such out-of-character understatements from the camps of the two all but certain winners were quite understandable. With three-fourths of the presidential primaries still to be held, neither Republican Ronald Reagan nor Democrat Jimmy Carter wanted to dampen the zeal of his fund-raising and vote-drumming organizers by declaring that the two races for the nomination were already over. Practically speaking, however, and barring a political miracle that no one could foresee, they were. In a sense, the general election campaign began last week. It was Carter vs. Reagan...