Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even last year's 20-fold increase in Mexico City's subway fare to 2 cents a ride was cause for bitter resentment. Reason for the spiraling costs: the failure of successive governments to take politically unpopular steps, such as reducing food-price subsidies and curbing wages, that would dampen inflation...
...positive sign. Said Arthur Hartman, the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow: "It seems to me that the Soviet government has recognized that its treatment of individuals has had an effect on the overall relationship of the Soviet Union to other countries, and I think it has been moving to dampen down that effect...
...mark's value reduced the cost of imported oil and other industrial materials and helped companies afford a 4.5% wage hike for employees. But similar wage demands this year could become a heavy burden if the mark stops rising. Giersch voiced fears that pay increases could cut profits, dampen investment and lift the inflation rate to 3%. He suggested that Bonn should strike a deal with the labor unions, in which the government would cut taxes by 5% in exchange for wage restraint...
...love with: "She's so beautiful, she's like...French words!" And the complete subjugation of vitality in this house, under the materialistic hand of Bessie, is so carefully and completely drawn that when the moment of redemption comes for Ralph, not even the dated political sensibility can dampen the moment...
TIME's board members expressed hope that the improving trade deficit would dampen sentiment in Congress next year to produce a barrier-laden trade bill. Yet Congress may be tempted to pass protectionist measures under the cover of the new, sexier buzz word of competitiveness, according to Board Member Charles Schultze, a senior fellow at Washington's Brookings Institution and former chief economic adviser to President Carter. Schultze warned that under the patriotic banner of competitiveness, overzealous legislators may fail to differentiate between healthy steps to boost efficiency (example: increased worker training) and potentially harmful measures to shelter industries (example...