Chastain, ever a student of the sport, said defeat, as bitter as it was, was tempered by the magnificence of tonight's game.
The housing boom in Australia is buoying the country's big banks, but it is being tempered by weakness overseas.
"The refinancing boom is being tempered by the lack of capacity to refinance loans, because mortgage servicers are at full capacity".
As the details of the exchange become public, the near universal joy that greeted the original announcement is being tempered with concern.
He says that better-than-expected results from radio and broadcast television are being tempered by weaker results from newspapers, magazines and Internet firms.
The international acclaim for the Libyan revolution is being tempered by growing revulsion at the treatment of the bodies of Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim.
"The near-term outlook is being tempered by uncertainties over fiscal, economic and trade issues that are undermining business confidence and restraining growth," Deere's chief, Samuel R. Allen, said in a statement.
For Mr. Manani, the butcher, and others like him who do not have huge amounts of capital as a safety blanket, the hopes that they can stay at home and still expand their businesses are being tempered by the need to ensure their families' safety.
The next steps in repairing the euro must wait until another summit in June or, more likely, until Germany's election in September.In Berlin these days, the obsession with fiscal discipline is being tempered by a focus on economic reforms.
With many Internet companies losing money, the image of the brash, young, start-up, like the irreverent teenage stock trader with a pink Mohawk, is being tempered by investors who are looking to see just what's in, and behind, a name.
