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13 The smaller variation in U.S. postal densities is due to differences in the quality of delivery service which dampen the impact of low population density on many routes.
The Trojan Cow: Bovine intervention threatens to further dampen relations between North and South Korea.
Smokers themselves, rather than the industry, will essentially shoulder the $206 billion cost through 35-cents-per-pack price increases; the LAT says that this is not enough to seriously dampen consumption.
Bush's replies have failed to "douse the questions," "dampen the controversy," or "turn down the heat."
Meanwhile, the NYT says the Hong Kong developments "could lead to a broad regional economic slowdown that would dampen the sales and earnings not just of local companies, but of major corporations from the United States to Europe that operate there."