Word: dampered
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...anti-HIV medications approved so far are chemical cousins of AZT, the first drug ever shown to put a damper on hiv infection, if only temporarily. AZT works by sabotaging an enzyme called reverse transcriptase that helps the virus copy itself. But the newest group of potential fast trackers, called protease inhibitors, interferes with a different part of the virus' reproductive cycle. Although protease inhibitors don't seem to slow down HIV for long, investigators hope a combination of an older AZT-like drug and one of the new pills could prove more effective than any single medication...
...soot release was caused by a loose linkage on the boiler's air damper, O'Brien's letter said...
...Mark Shultz '94 said he was excited to be done, but he said 48 sleepless hours put a bit of a damper on the festivity of the occasion...
Harvard's failure to complete its stirring comeback from a 34-28 halftime deficit put a damper on the team's best effort of the season...
...Bonnie travel, they move farther and farther from civilization and its attendant rules. In their travels they pick up C.W. Post (Michael J. Pollard), a gas station attendant, Clyde's brother-in-law, Buck (Gene Hackman), and his wife Blanche (Estelle Parsons), a nag and complainer who puts a damper on the group's free-wheeling fun. She is a constant reminder of the boredom and drudgery of the world that Bonnie and Clyde are trying to flee...