Word: damper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson's many victims in last year's undefeated, championship season, Loyola would like nothing more than to deny Harvard a chance of reaching the tourney and defending its title. A victory today would definitely put a damper on the Crimson's hopes...
Increased taxes during the current recession would put a damper on the already shaky economy, most economists (including Alan Greenspan, chair of the Federal Reserve) agree. But financing a war through borrowing can (and almost always does) lead to an increase in inflation. Given an $80 billion cost for the war, says Brad DeLong, assistant professor of economic history, inflation will probably increase by one extra percentage point for each of the next few years...
This separation puts a damper on genuine and informal student-faculty relationships. At my high school, the headmaster and teachers waited in line with students in the dining hall and often are lunch with the students. They certainly were not pampered in a private club, and probably would have felt uncomfortable if they were...
Besides acting as a damper on business, the war and recession have shifted fortunes from one industry to another. The travel business's loss, for example, is the telephone industry's gain. Video conferencing and faxing are booming as executives shift to meeting electronically instead of in person. Since the war started, AT&T's video-conferencing traffic has doubled, while U.S. Sprint's has tripled...
Visions of sugar plums aren't the only things dancing in the minds of Harvard students these days, as many say worries about war are putting a damper on their usual holiday cheer...