The big difference is the role of government in dampening the cycle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Amar Bhide, WSJ Edit Page, Embrace Regular Recurrence of Massive Recessions] Reference

“No doubt Zeus BioTechnology has to have the latest in dampening technology,” said Smith.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2006 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

It is certainly not inconceivable that higher energy prices will have some kind of dampening effect on employment.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Politics] Reference

Ashe's recognition was as dampening as it could be, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time Traders] Reference

This is his method of dampening the linen preparatory to ironing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference

But a cooling global economy is dampening exports and production.    From Wordnik.com.  [China surpasses Japan as world's No. 2 economy] Reference

But so far Mr. Livingston has proven adept at dampening the flames.    From Wordnik.com.  [Putting Spark Back in BT] Reference

Some straw will not stand dampening, so try out a small piece first.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make Your Own Hats] Reference

Such criticism of the 1980s pay boom has had little dampening effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Ceos Make Too Much?] Reference

This guilty secret had a very dampening effect upon the joy with which.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference

The rain came on just then and perhaps assisted in dampening their ardour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference

While change is in the air, its sluggishness may be dampening hopes again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adel Iskandar: Thunderous Silence on the Nile] Reference

Such road-noise dampening is normally reserved for cars that sell for more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C350 Sport] Reference

But he said, to the dampening of their ardor, when the cheering had subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference

There was heavy rain in the highlands and an ominous sound in the dampening air.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference

Are dirty dishes dampening consumer enthusiasm for environmental responsibility?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inder Sidhu: What Your Dirty Dishes Are Telling You: A Lesson in Business Fundamentals] Reference

And there, high oil prices are beginning to have a dampening effect on the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEXICAN PARADOX] Reference

The dampening curtain between them vanished; he was in touch mind to mind once again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm Over Warlock] Reference

Had it body enough to withstand the inevitable dampening of checks, reverses, delays?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference

The crisis will continue to weigh on families, claiming jobs and dampening consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World as Irrational as Ever] Reference

Of course, rising interest rates and a glut of money-dampening returns could spoil the party.    From Wordnik.com.  [REAL ESTATE GONE WILD] Reference

Already there are signs that nosebleed oil prices are dampening American consumer enthusiasm.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEXICAN PARADOX] Reference

In hopes of dampening the anti-tax spirit, Jasso has sought to show that taxes can be beneficial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico's War Over Taxes] Reference

So the new recruits have to sleep in open air these frosty nights, dampening their ardor somewhat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference

That, plus the dampening effect on French exports of slowing growth in China and America, prompted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does the French Government Really Believe Its Own Economic Forecasts?] Reference

"Unleashing the tort lawyers on software makers would have a dampening effect on innovation," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Software Crackdown] Reference

The union, meanwhile, has started leafleting tourists, dampening the carefree mood of the glitzy Strip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slots, Blackjack--And Dirty Sheets?] Reference

"All right," said Betty, with a lack of enthusiasm that fell with a dampening effect upon Mollie's ears.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference

Roll after dampening fur well in very hot embers -- then scrape the same as a pig, draw, and hang to cool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference

The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

I sat thus for some little time; his limbs grew cold; his eyes became glassy; the death dew was dampening his brow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference

"Train 16, late, 40 minutes," was the dampening information which stared them in the face from the station bulletin board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference

That could have a dampening effect, but won't stop the rise in Hong Kong house prices, which have climbed 50 percent since last fall.    From Wordnik.com.  [BURSTING BUBBLES] Reference

The whole inside of the skin may now be poisoned after slightly dampening, and then tacked out fur side up in the proper shape to dry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference

This is a vindication of sorts for the vice president and might signal a dampening of the dump-Quayle talk that has circulated since 1988.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quayle Gets A Confidence Vote] Reference