Sentence examples for temper efforts from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service official who tried to temper efforts to target conservative groups and then made the issue public will plead her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a House hearing on Wednesday.

While the quality of the opponent somewhat tempers the effort, the fact that the Knicks played well for all four quarters was impressive.

The F.T.C.'s complaint trod familiar ground but also raised questions about Intel's behavior in the graphics chip market, which is dominated by Nvidia and A.M.D. Since the agency filed its complaints, Intel has tempered an effort to enter the market for stand-alone graphics chips that go into home and business computers.

But for all his efforts, tempers boiled over 15 minutes into the meeting.

American Presidents who have attempted large-scale economic transformation have always had their efforts tempered — and sometimes neutered — by powerful economic interests.

Their opposition to Islamic State is nonetheless tempered by their efforts to legitimise Assad by insisting that he be acknowledged in military strikes against the group inside Syria.

Warburg might applaud the Fed's efforts to temper a recession, while frowning on its printing of "fiat money".

Louis was a boisterous adolescent, occasionally seized by fits of temper, which he made efforts to control.

So far, its efforts to temper economic growth, encourage energy efficiency and wean the country off heavy industry have had little effect.

Aipac supporters, such as the former US senator Joe Lieberman, were unapologetic about recent efforts to temper White House enthusiasm for dealing with Iran.

(So numerous and varied are this story's shades of gray that Diels emerges as one of the good guys in his efforts to temper Himmler and curb the Brown Shirts).