The market's drop was tempered by better profits at Verizon, Pepsi and Union Pacific.
His inner security was tempered by the humility that comes from being awed by nature.
His expectations may have been tempered by the frenzied competition in the tablet space.
But the celebration was tempered by a prosecutor's answer when asked who killed the victim.
At the same time, my enthusiasm has been tempered by the dubious state of publisher THQ.
His interventionist impulse, while tempered by an embrace of free-marketry in the early 1990s, lingers.
Sometimes their ambitions have been tempered by a corporate culture that stifles their success.
But the joy of coin collecting is always tempered by the fear of being robbed.
Whatever optimism we have about the future ought to be tempered by realization of developing background problems.
Like Chan's Asian productions, these US-made movies bear the actor's hallmarks of fearless action tempered by comedy.
Though tempered by pragmatism, Mr Chavez's chief inspiration appears to be the long tradition of Latin American populism.
Gold and silver investor demand continues to be tempered by bull market runs in major world stock markets.
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But the admiration and excitement generated in Brussels by events in Ukraine are tempered by a certain dread.
My pessimism about a legislative solution coming out of the current Congress is tempered by some hopeful developments elsewhere.
But optimism works only when it is tempered by realism and, sometimes, empathy.
Similarly strong numbers for margin and revenue growth were tempered by drops for both over the past two years.
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So there is hope but it's tempered by long experience to the contrary.
Mr. Paxton has sandy brown hair and a blunt manner of speaking tempered by a wicked sense of humor.
To avoid waste and to encourage hard work grants could perhaps be tempered by a requirement to produce results.
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The relief she felt when she realized that Sylvie had not stolen anything new was always tempered by disappointment.
Rising yields were later tempered by a shock contraction in Philadelphia area manufacturing.
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It is also a picture of a politician whose ambition and willingness to take risks are tempered by pragmatism.
Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage.
Much like Kirk himself, STID has swagger, but the presumptuous arrogance of the first outing has been tempered by experience.
Our unlimited desires are tempered by scarcity, yet we all strive to get what we can while wanting still more.
His resolve is tempered by thoughts of a friend's disappeared daughter and of the wall of water he just outran.
So profit maximisation does have to be tempered by a knowledge of what the consumers will think fair or unfair.
Yet even this welcome change is tempered by the raising of India's tariffs, already among the highest in the world.
The revelry was tempered by reports that Serb separatists seized 11 citizens in Sarajevo and police killed a man in Mostar.
This anonymity is somewhat tempered by websites like Blockexplorer.com, which do show a history of bitcoin transactions since January 2009.
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