Word: dampener
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...last evening's wear but withal still hellbent for a merry-merry. Note feather in his hat and the third from the end in the second row of the "Vanities" on his arm. Constant penalties for illegal use of hands and arms, and unnecessary roughness have failed to dampen his exuberance. Extremely flashy and fast at the start, this boy will be thrown for severe losses before the weekend is concluded. Any pass of his will be not forward...
Moderator Thompson's great problem last year was to dampen the shoutings of Presbyterians who interpreted their creed differently and sincerely. Presbyterian legalists learned a new patience last year for Presbyterian humanists; humanists tolerated the behavior of legalists. As a result Moderator Speer can give his energies to Church administration instead of to pacification...
...genius of their classmates. Soon from all the surrounding dormitories erstwhile students poured out, coatless and shirtless, and joined in the ever swelling volume of song. Tin cans, fruit, and other missiles came from unfriendly windows, but even these and the remonstrances of two-Yard cops proved insufficient to dampen the vocal ardor of the assembled crowd...
...principal objection to "Mem" being used for this purpose will be that its very atmosphere seems to dampen any show of enthusiasm for gayety; those who argue thus point to the sombre but dignified array of portraits on the walls as evidence. I distinctly recollect hearing a "long Harvard" given in Memorial Hall on one occasion that would put to shame any cheer heard in the Stadium of late years...
...Crimson quintet will seek to dampen the holiday spirit of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival by taking the powerful Green five into camp this evening at Hanover...