Word: dampens
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Kapferer says injured parties should be careful about how they fight back, since some rumors seem irrefutable. As an example, he cites Sheila, a celebrated French pop singer. Her delivery of a baby did nothing to dampen rumors that she was a male transvestite...
...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...