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Another sign of the complexity of the talks were comments by the trade chiefs designed to tamp down concerns that protections for European consumers could be dismantled.
The Islamists would once again rally support as the main resistance to the hated occupiers, whilst leaving Mr Abbas looking more like the stooge.Centrist Israelis would settle for periodic missions designed to tamp down Hamas—"mowing the lawn" they call it.
As part of a strict regimen designed to tamp down the many parts of himself he'd rather not acknowledge, Mr. Saint-Josephs starts every day reading two pages each from the Bible and from "On the Origin of Species," although "that the two books contradict each other is not a thought that ever occurs to him".
Old ties like that allowed Hillary Clinton aides to quickly reach leading activists and craft a response designed to tamp down a growing furor.
In an effort that seemed designed to tamp down this year's expectations, the Department of Health and Human Services last week lowered its projections for enrollment.
"All of that's designed to tamp down voter involvement," Clyburn said.
During the St. Vrain training session, officials from the state Education Department sought to tamp down fears that the new evaluations were designed to weed out or shame underperforming teachers.
