11.   Brokers said recent earnings downgrades of Australian casino stocks may have dampened enthusiasm for Sky City shares today.

12.   But in the end neither event dampened investor enthusiasm.

13.   But Johnson is not going to be able to dampen the enthusiasm.

14.   But no amount of criticism could dampen the enthusiasm of House Republicans.

15.   But my initial enthusiasm was dampened somewhat when I tested a Sedona for a week.

16.   But price has not dampened enthusiasm for e-kara, a karaoke toy, imported from Japan by Hasbro, that plugs into the television.

17.   But that did not dampen the enthusiasm for trying to find out more about a brief diary reference that suggested a different, less confident, private Hillary.

18.   But neither the sparse crowd nor the soggy conditions dampened the enthusiasm of the competitors.

19.   But that did little to dampen his enthusiasm.

20.   But that has not dampened the enthusiasm that first brought Murphy to the Russian oil patch two decades ago.