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...opposition. The President and her husband rarely give interviews and discourage their officials from speaking to the press. Meanwhile, the President ditched her star economy minister, Martin Lousteau, a month ago after he put forward a 13-point plan to reduce public spending and discourage consumption to put a damper on prices. That plan ran counter to the combination of high growth rates and price caps favored by Fernandez and Kirchner...
...early morning results—the Crimson heavyweights finished third in their heat, coming in behind Princeton and Yale, with only the top two boats qualifying for the final, and the lightweights finished fourth with the top three boats advancing—put a damper on a regatta that Harvard has dominated in recent years...
...country's Buddhists could embarrass Hu, who has been trying to quell dissent over China's rule in Tibet in the run-up to the summer Olympics in Beijing. Noisy protests in Tokyo "would be impossible for Fukuda to ignore," says Curtis. "It would really throw a damper on the visit...
Midterms aren’t the only things making Organic Chemistry students sick this semester—one premed sophomore was recently diagnosed with a case of conjunctivitis that he blames on goggles he wore during lab. “That was a damper big time,” complains the pink-eyed Daniel E. Farrell ’10. “I couldn’t go near my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.” All chemistry labs require students to wear goggles, a safety regulation mandated by the American Chemical Society?...
...effect is often jarring, in Washington, when someone inside the Beltway utters an uncomfortable truth. That's what Defense Secretary Robert Gates did at the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, putting a damper on pressure from his own Air Force for Congress to buy more F-22 fighters. Gates believes the 183 F-22s currently planned are sufficient. "I know that the Air Force is up here and around talking about 350 or something on that order," the Secretary said. But buying more of the costly F-22 will come at the expense of the new F-35 Joint...