1.   The tropical rain hardly dampened the mood of the waiting crowd.

2.   But far from dampening their mood, it seemed to lighten it.

3.   But nothing could dampen the mood of the Los Angeles Lakers center, not even intentional fouls ordered up by his old teammate.

4.   But nothing seemed to dampen the mood among Cuban Americans here, who see the return of Elian to Cuba as a victory for Castro.

5.   But the Italian architect, Renzo Piano, refused to let the slight dampen his mood.

6.   But the issue did not appear to dampen the mood of their meeting, the sixth between Qian and Albright.

7.   He walked one, struck out four and further dampened the mood at Chavez Ravine.

8.   In fact, not even the storm clouds looming overhead Friday could dampen their mood.

9.   Jiang did not allow worries about the economy to dampen his mood.

10.   None of those developments should dampen the mood of fans around the world.