Nevertheless, there is a risk that the scheme, by making it easier to get secure title for dubious land claims, might somehow stimulate demand for virgin forest land, not damp it.
And Mr. Petrocelli would immediately paper over it or damp it down or kind of try to use it to advantage, but here's what I wind up thinking as I was listening to that.
If Mr Cruz goes on to win at the general election in November, and that seems like a safe bet, it will dampen Democratic spirits, which are, in Texas, quite damp as it is.
"Toads migrate usually on damp, dark evenings when it's mild and often when it's wet, " she added.
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It was a damp day and, after he had parked the van and set off down the forest track, even the noise of the Edinburgh-Glasgow motorway was muffled by thick, dark fir trees.
That, in turn, would damp bids for raw fur as it comes to auction in January.
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Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove said the strike would not be successful, while Prime Minister David Cameron has described it as a "damp squib".
Plaid Cymru housing spokesperson Llyr Huws Gruffydd was critical of the announcement describing it as a "damp squib" and a statement that "doesn't really say anything that we didn't already know".
McEnroe didn't want to play on a damp court, he said, because it dulled his attacking game.
She wiped the tray and dried it, and hung the damp tea towel on the line in the scullery.
It also copes with thefts, damp cables that break the iris scanners, and labourers' fingers so worn that their prints do not show.
Nothing very radical is likely to come of that and Lib Dem activists regarded it all as a bit of a damp squib.
It is not surprising, come to think about it, that the birthday bash was rather a damp squib.
China simply can't afford a sharp drop in housing prices because it will affect investment, which will in turn damp economic growth, Mr. Ren says.
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Since household dust is often where many of the toxins that enter our home end up, do your dusting with a damp cloth that actually collects and removes dust rather than stir it back into the air.
"Since cork can modulate temperature and damp sound, " says Ms. Moura Guedes, "it could turn up in large public spaces, terminals or restaurants" and be applied beyond existing soundproofing usage in recording studios.
When you flip it over, the moss starts moving over to the new damp side.
Somewhere between the last warmth of the summer and the damp cool of Halloween, I noticed a change in Marie, and I knew it had something to do with Stan.
He said it was hoped the crypts could open to the public once they had been damp-proofed and cleared of rubble.
That should damp criticism that the organizations like the Scouts might be discouraged from gathering such information if it only serves to get them sued.
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With play not starting until 1200 BST because of murky light and a damp outfield to contend with, only 70 overs were bowled in the day - but it was a fascinating opening to the first neutral Test at Lord's since 1912.
Back home, they had to deal with an utterly flat landscape laced by rivers and canals much of it below sea level, reclaimed by dikes forever loomed over by dark gray clouds, damp mists, and rain or snow.
Lord Justice Wall said the mother found the accommodation damp and mouldy, without gas, hot water or a cooker, and by the council's own admission it was inappropriate.
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