He said that in a more subdued environment his son could get a fair trial, and his actions would be considered in the context of his desire to expose a surveillance program that he and others believe exceeds constitutional bounds.
If you're looking to celebrate nature in a more subdued environment, Phu Quoc is where you'll rent a motorbike and weave the red dirt roads before dipping in the uncrowded ocean.
"There is a more subdued environment now than investors had hoped for," said Byron K. Callan, an aerospace analyst at Merrill Lynch.
Since 2010, she said, the "anything goes" buying frenzy has given way to a more subdued environment as collectors have become more critical and artists have responded by producing more nuanced work.
Transformed from a theater complex in 1999, Venice's chic yet unpretentious Molocinque is one of only a few clubs unaffected by the subdued environment of the city's historic center.
John Varley, who is stepping down as chief executive in 2011, described the bank's income and profit as "resilient" in the first nine months of the year, despite a "subdued economic environment and moderate volumes".
However, "we expect a very subdued spending environment, not material declines," he added, because of a growing belief that the recent moves by governments around the world to thaw the frozen credit markets "will loosen things up".
UBS cut its price target from £19.75 to £18.50 and moved from buy to neutral: Whilst the longer-term story based on structural growth and sustainable returns remains attractive, Aggreko now trades on around 19 times forward PE, in line with the three year average, despite a subdued international power projects environment and headwinds to 2014 estimates, in our view.
The sectors that appear to be best situated to show sustained fundamental growth and strong relative price performance in a more subdued economic environment include financial services, technology, telecommunications and biotech.
In other counties, Medicaid HMOs are in a more subdued competitive environment.
