Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have no frat system--only the elitist FinalClubs which dampen social life by only servingthose in the clubs," Goldenberg said. "Fratsthemselves aren't necessary but we have nothingwhich replaces them...
...bill as the lowering of the top tax rate from 50% to 28%, the lifting of all tax liability from some 6 million poor Americans and the abolition of many nonproductive tax shelters. But some of TIME's economists expressed concern that this complicated legislative contraption could dampen business investment and make the rules of the tax game even more uncertain for many corporations and households. In the end, the panel was almost unanimous in predicting that the new law would soon be followed by more legislative tinkering. Concluded Guest Economist Henry Aaron, a tax specialist at Washington's Brookings...
...GOTTA Have It follows in the noble independent film tradition that also includes Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise. Like Stranger, the low budget heavily dictated the nature of the script, but it didn't dampen the spirit of the film. Filming in 11 days, with minimal sets (either Nola's boudoir or the streets of Brooklyn) and a small no-megastar cast, Lee made the most of what he had. And that includes a terribly talented family circle: his father, the esteemed jazz pianist/composer Bill Lee, furnished the splendid score as well as a nice cameo performance as father...
Many tribespeople made the journey on foot, juggling colorfully wrapped loads of household goods on their heads. Along the way, dead cows and birds dotted the hills. Some refugees tucked cotton in their nostrils to dampen the sickening stench of decomposing animals. The surviving white Brahman cattle lumbered dumbly at the sides of the columns, responding sleepily to the harried urgings of herdsmen carrying long, thick sticks...
Despite all Stephenson's energetic planning, and the public's "unexpectedly strong interest" in all the events, inclement weather could more than dampen spirits...