The office Christmas party is in decline, with fears of litigation and Scrooge-like attitudes dampening the traditional festive atmosphere. |
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Any inputs by the pilot at launch create a dampening effect in the opposite direction to counter the excess pitch-rate change. |
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It has a way of diminishing the shine, dulling the glamour and dampening the sizzle of even the glitziest of clubs. |
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This has led to the hypothesis that this treatment may be helpful in dampening that lateralized hyperexcitability. |
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They stood there watching the river run past, not even dampening the crossroad that lay beyond its borders. |
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The 2.2 per cent fall in hydel generation had a dampening effect on total generation. |
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Clouds sped by, sometimes a fresh drizzle of rain would fall, dampening her skin. |
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Little rivulets of wetness ran down my flesh onto the dirty blanket dampening it. |
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However, the dampening effect of automatic stabilizers on output fluctuations differs significantly across countries. |
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There I was pootling along with some light Autumnal drizzle lightly dampening my wipers. |
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The shops below had the pipes inside the brick walls, dampening the sound quite effectively. |
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Cassandra jumped skittishly as the door banged shut, suddenly dampening the sound of Randy's squabbling parents, leaving her in silence. |
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He pulled the kitchen window shut as Jim shut the front door, dampening the clamor slightly. |
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No impressive display of pyrotechnics, the inertial dampening system gave up the ghost with a whimper. |
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Firefighters were still at the scene on Saturday morning dampening down the burning embers. |
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As for consumers, rising oil prices are shrinking discretionary funds and dampening spending. |
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There was no indication that these paltry and tardy gestures have had any effect in dampening the mass protest movement. |
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By dampening expected future sales, a deflationary monetary policy may decrease the firm's net worth. |
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I remember my mother grinding up tablets of Largactil to put in his tea in the hope of dampening his florid auditory hallucinations. |
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However the combination of product activation and the annual vig appear to be dampening technical enthusiasm for the software. |
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If you do not have time or do not need to wash your hair, just dampening it slightly with a mister or wet comb should do the trick. |
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The dragon's breath misted up the warped glass window, dampening the gray curtains. |
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The full-length keel aids in directional stability as well as dampening roll and the deep forefoot helps to prevent pounding in choppy seas. |
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Alas, she repeatedly hits the microphone to blast her listener with monotone meanderings, thus dampening the whole vibe. |
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The market for new houses turned down sharply last month, dampening hopes for a rapid recovery. |
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With light rain dampening parts of the course, and a buffeting wind gusting off the river Moselle, back wheels skittered on corners and bounced on the cobbled avenues. |
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The bulk of the buoyancy in spending reflects rising incomes and employment growth, and is thus impossible to cool without dampening the economy overall. |
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At low surfactant concentrations, the addition of salt improved foaminess by dampening the hydrophobic force. |
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The enduring lubricity enables guide mechanisms in ovens to run smoothly and with good dampening for a long time, too. |
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We demonstrated a dampening effect of earlier vegetation growth in the spring on regional spring dust storm frequency. |
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Often the multifaceted collar is eliminated to allow greater pulsation dampening. |
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If there is any residue on the glass that does not remove with a soft dry cloth try dampening the cloth with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol. |
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Most panels used for sound deadening in cars and household appliances contain bitumen because it has good dampening characteristics. |
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As if the apathy of the outside world were not dampening enough, they may feel unappreciated in their own households. |
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And the post-Enron conservatism is dampening product innovation and creative sales ideas. |
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Kenya recently waived duty on wheat and maize imports, dampening prices as well as anger. |
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The securities industry agrees, arguing that the new rules could hurt the equity markets by dampening individual investors' appetite for shares. |
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The significant increase in oil prices, which reached a peak in October 2004, exerted an additional dampening influence. |
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However, the level of inflation seems somewhat underestimated over the entire horizon despite the dampening effect of the economic slowdown. |
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However, higher product liability costs partially offset the increase in gross margin dollars, dampening earnings from operations. |
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Should macroprudential supervision aim at avoiding or dampening volatility in the financial system? |
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Some believe this has a beneficial ''counter-cyclical'' effect, smoothing profits and dampening excessive lending behaviour in the boom years. |
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A similar dampening effect has resulted from the need among many wealthy clients to deploy surplus funds for business purposes. |
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Due to the better dampening of ambient noises, any creaking is heard at once. |
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Worries that weakened international economic growth will depress Oil demand remains a key dampening influence on Oil prices. |
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However, the latest case of BSE discovered in Alberta and the continued closure of the US border to Canadian beef might have a dampening effect. |
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The third can at least be muted by some dampening, and by putting sufficient thought into case design and component layout to minimise sympathetic vibrations. |
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He slopped through a puddle, dampening the bottom of his jeans. |
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The need for balance sheet repair in various sectors is dampening the growth outlook for the euro area. |
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The heat makes beads of sweat run down your armpits and traverse your hips before dampening your drawers. |
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The pods had no artificial gravity fields of their own to provide inertial dampening effects, so the Marines strapped themselves securely to the vertical backboards provided. |
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Indeed, by August the number of steel products exempted from the tariffs had grown, dampening the ire of US trading partners and raising the chances of averting an open clash and tit-for-tat actions. |
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Heavy-duty cast-iron yoke-style trunnion assembly ensures complete vibration dampening, mounts separately to cabinet for easy alignment of blade to miter slot. |
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Any standard commercial additive can be used for the dampening solution. |
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So, next time you feel guilty in saying no to your child's request, remember that if you give your children everything they ask for you might be doing them a disservice by dampening their motivational impulses. |
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As fuel represents a major portion of airline operating costs, the increased cost could have a dampening effect on growth in air travel to the extent that the costs are passed on to consumers. |
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Rousse and Valette developed thermosets for dampening vibrations at elevated temperatures. |
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It is extraordinary how dampening this is. |
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Commercial banks find it much more difficult to raise capital abroad, and access of domestic companies and households to credit is being greatly reduced, dampening growth in the nonoil economy. |
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Pulsation dampening tanks with a separating membrane pressure sensor. |
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However, instruments such as airline ticket or departure taxes would have an effect only through dampening demand and so would not give operators an incentive to improve environmental performance. |
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Although its new management is doing well, the firm is again protected from the risk of unwanted takeover, with all that can mean for dampening incentives and innovation. |
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The face gets a smart grille and frog-eyed headlamps with improved noise dampening and a better finish on the inside. |
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Towards the end of the year, the dampening effect on M3 growth stemming from the developments in net external assets and longer-term financial liabilities more than offset the strengthening in credit growth. |
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While he admits his view might be more conservative than others, he thinks a variety of factors will have a dampening effect on crude demand and prices. |
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Except in the smallest of boilers the steam escape has little effect on dampening the fire. |
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After many years of relatively strong economic growth, the Swedish economy decelerated significantly in 2008 as a result of the global slowdown dampening external demand. |
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Indeed, Bernanke complained that fiscal policy was dampening growth. |
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The annual growth rate of M3 remains robust, notwithstanding signs of a resumption of the unwinding of past portfolio shifts into monetary assets, which exerts a dampening effect on headline M3 growth. |
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A shock wave from a steep stock market slide in Shanghai on Tuesday rippled through equity markets across the world, dampening the bullish mood in the trading pits. |
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Anti Vibration X-Bar is for deep-hole boring and features a special dampening mechanism that eliminates chatter, resulting in extremely fine finishes and extra long tool life. |
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The YMC 430 X-Y table has linear guideways and a linear motor drive, enabling highly precise machining and excellent vibration dampening, according to the company. |
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