Word: damper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conjecture market is still as lively as ever. Why were these gratuitous prophecies made so early and so positively? There is at least one plausible answer. Perhaps their object is to put a damper on insurgents within the Republican ranks. These rebels, attracted by the vigor of a Borah or the vote-swinging power of a Johnson, have been spreading sly stories about the President's discouragement over his work. They have bored from within, intending to scuttle the ship quietly when the time was ripe. They have imagined that they could persuade him of his unfitness for office...
Plans for the picnic are rapidly nearing completion. The great question has been answered. The weather will have no effect on the picnic since rain could not make the 21st of May any damper. Moreover, we do not need any Supreme Court decision on this weather report. The "Co-op" has already ordered our custumes, consisting of overalls, cap and tin cup, and a notice will appear in the "Crimson" just as soon as the costumes are ready for delivery. We hope to have everybody well started by the fifth reel and home in Cambridge in time for the "fadeout...