Word: dampers
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...nothing will cure my gloom as I exit Annenberg for the last time—not even the promise of more edible food. But the addition of Annenberg class nights would put a damper on my sadness and bring me back, if only occasionally, to the people that have made by freshman year so special...
...Gucci Group from a $200 million purveyor of leather goods to a $3 billion luxury conglomerate--was being wooed to be creative director of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder. Would Ford be hired to revive its flagging eponymous brand (which has lately developed a somewhat dowdy aura, putting a damper on sales)? The New York Post claimed that Leonard Lauder, the former chief executive and father of current CEO William, opposed the deal; that Aerin Lauder, Leonard's niece, who oversees creative aspects of the brand, such as advertising and packaging, was for it; and that this had created...
...uncertainties swirling around world trade put a damper on the Asian economists' usual optimism. Their forecasts for major Pacific nations...
...Traps were set and a flue damper secured after a bird was reported in the chimney of Claverly Hall room...
...islands. What I remember about V-J day is that Mrs. Nixon and I went to Times Square to celebrate, and I got my pocket picked. Never forget that! In those days we didn't have a great deal of money. Sort of put a damper...