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Despite this slight damper, Back to the Future is an excellent escape. So put down your books, forget your problem sets and go experience or even reexperience one of the last vestiges of summer...
...manifestation of this dread disease is what I've come to call temperature mania." It's that everwhelming desire, nay passion, to know the exact temperature in both Fahrenhett and Celsius. The worth of everyday comes to be measured in degrees and the mention of rain can throw a damper (pun intended) on the entire week Forget papers, studying for finals, even extracurriculars. What really counts is that it is sunny and warm and the smell of spring...
...frigid weather didn't put a damper on Crimson sophomore Chris Marchok's performance. For his second straight start, Marchok (2-1) yielded just three hits in six innings. This time he struck out seven while walking just...
Quite possibly part of the Politburo's purpose in choosing Gorbachev is to put a damper on such talk. According to Arnold Horelick, the director of the Rand Corp./UCLA Center for the Study of Soviet International Behavior, "Gorbachev is being picked as an embodiment of characteristics that the Soviets want to be associated with--dynamism, optimism, confidence...
Although hostilities between the U.S. and Cuba in the early '60s put a damper on the exchanges between the two countries, these political antagonisms could not stem Cuban interest in American jazz. Even the term "jazz" was considered counterrevolutionary during Castro's early years, but Cuban musicians continued to keep up with the latest developments by passing smuggled cassettes from one end of the island to another. And this is how D'Rivera came to truly appreciate jazz...