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SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard reported on Tuesday that sluggish sales of personal computers muted its second-quarter earnings, and it predicted that future growth would be dampened.

But since the tax cuts would be focussed on the rich, who tend to spend less of their income proportionately, the normal Keynesian effect would be dampened.

How much fascination and shock would be dampened if Faulkner had limited the book's central concern to incest rather than the theatrical "one-drop" curse?

What's more, if governments, public bodies and other institutions took the route of putting out better quality, better audited, verifiable information in the first place, then the risk of wildfires would be dampened.

Crossing from Roa island (linked to the mainland by a causeway) on the smallest ferry, my only worry was that my expectations of Piel's otherness would be dampened by the reality.

Alcoa alerted analysts last month that profits would be dampened by a strike at a Quebec aluminum smelter, a fire at a Pennsylvania packaging plant, and the temporary shutdown of its Jamaican smelter because of Hurricane Ivan.

But their mood would soon be dampened by Bolton's opening goal, which came courtesy of a catastrophic error by Cuellar.

He laid out AOL's strategy, warned that sales would probably be dampened this quarter as a result of reducing a third of its workforce and noted that "AOL is not a quarterly project".

He laid out AOL's strategy, warned that sales would probably be dampened this quarter as a result of reducing a third of its workforce and noted that "AOL is not a quarterly project". He emphasized Aol's content strategy, with the build out of AOL's new content management system Seed and acquisition of StudioNow on the video front.

The motor, mounted separately and tethered to a spring, is allowed limited rotation about its own axis; because the load varied with groove modulations, the increases in drag would thus be dampened by the spring-loaded motor, and the platter acceleration mitigated.

Recoil will be dampened considerably.