You have a lot of things going on. The Dow Transportation average is putting a real damper on things, and Maytag's warning is hurting retailers, ... Talk of a delay for any potential conflict, let alone 45 days, is not helping stocks as it just increases the uncertainty.
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High-tech gains are sort of a given. But if bank shares continue to struggle after Monday's dismal losses, that could put a damper on the broader market.
If the yaw damper fails, this has the potential of pushing the rudder further than the pilots intended it to go, which could cause control problems,
We also believe such controversy, if any, would come at a poor time for Microsoft, given that the company is awaiting the Appeals Court ruling on the existing antitrust trial. As a result, we believe it is possible that this could put a damper on the positive sentiment surrounding the stock.
It put a little bit of a damper on us, but it's not the death penalty or anything. That's what you should get when you don't play well.
With less appreciation, consumers will be less able to tap into home equity loans to finance their purchases, which could put a damper on the national economy.
They're a fun group to be around. You don't want to put a damper on who they are as people. As long as they stay focused and they know the scouting report and they know the game plan, then we'll let them be them.
The biggest thing was not coming in here and getting swept. That would have put a damper on where were trying to get to. We play these guys three more times. We knew that as long as we didnt lose six times to these guys out of the last 20 games, we feel confident in our ability to win the East.
Obviously Foothills took control in the beginning. I think we had the poorest first half we've had this year. But they played brilliant soccer, they deserve credit. Certainly this hurts right now, but it can't damper what was an amazing season.
Generally, I don't think it will be a damper on earnings. There are some things you can measure like near-term revenue loss because restaurants have been shut off and stores have been shut off. But if you look at previous disasters like Hurricane Andrew, the expenditure on replacement of homes and capital goods and spending on things like supplies for workers was quite strong.
Investigators are going to want to get a good handle on how effective the reset (of that yaw damper) was, ... They need to make sure the reset is valid and didn't just have the appearance of fixing the problem.
However, as the so-called Information Superhighway grew in all directions, so did concern over traffic control. Lawmakers in Congress, while creating the new telecommunications bill, demanded curbs on so-called cyberporn, which they said flows freely on the Internet. Their proposed restrictions raised the hackles of some in the cyber community. By saying that there are certain materials that are lewd and lascivious and are somehow inappropriate, you're putting a damper on the entire free-flow of information, ... Who is to define what is lewd, what is lascivious or just politically unpopular
They scored 14 points in the last 39 seconds. It didn't end on a high note and that's our attitude about this game right now. It puts a damper on tonight's game. We didn't accomplish what we wanted to as a team because of what happened at the end of the game.
How do we know it is really an Iraqi Army rather than a sectarian Army If it is not an Iraqi army, that really is going to put a damper on the notion of our drawing down forces.
I think they felt that Microsoft may have been thinking they got a lot out of the Court of Appeals decision, and that could lead a party to demand a lot in a settlement, ... I think they wanted to put a light damper on that.