You can spot them slamming Sarah Palin or tamping down on the Tea Party.
Chrysler Group LLC, usually a big promoter of discounts, is also tamping down its cash offers.
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In 2003 and early 2004, Petraeus was fairly successful in tamping down violence in Mosul using unconventional methods.
Squeezed by government policies aimed at tamping down rampant real-estate speculation, builders have suffered a prolonged winter of discontent.
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If price increases encourage more sellers to test the market, the new supply could boost sales volumes while tamping down price growth.
He believes they're having some effect on tamping down the sectarian killings.
By going this route, you're tamping down on potential for innovation.
Thomas Collins, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said the tripartite border commission that includes U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers was involved in tamping down tensions.
Tamping down its torrid growth engine will be very difficult.
Businesses were widely seen tamping down both expectations and orders.
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For its part, Microsoft has spent considerable time and energy tamping down security problems with its own products, from NT and other server software to its Internet Explorer browser.
In 1982 rezoning to move development west to Times Square worked all too well, significantly tamping down growth in Midtown East, now at a pitiable 0.06% over the past decade.
Markel and colleagues examined 43 cities and found that so-called nonpharmaceutical interventions -- steps such as isolating patients and school closings -- were remarkably successful in tamping down the outbreak.
Until late in 2011, the focus of policymakers in China was on tamping down inflation, stocked by a surge of stimulus spending in 2008-2009 that led to a real estate bubble and an overheated economy.
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While other central bankers are tamping down expansionary rhetoric, Fed Chairman Bernanke is on record saying that he will do everything in his power to push up inflation (which he considers too low) and dilute the dollar.
But in setting a timeline for development of an Iranian nuclear weapon that is longer than the more urgent one usually cited by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr. Obama appeared to be tamping down any expectations for pre-emptive action against Iran while aiming to assure its closest Mideast ally of U.S. support.
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