11.   Kasman said economic activity has been dampened by an unusually high interest rate, when adjusted for inflation.

12.   Last year, Chinese regulators moved to dampen activity in the commodity futures market.

13.   Moreover, by the third and fourth quarters, the economy will show the strain of recent higher interest rates, he said, which will dampen housing activity.

14.   Patients who were given a treatment to dampen neural activity in the same brain areas were better able to recall stored words.

15.   Scarcity at the top, however, in no way dampened other activity on the home screen.

16.   But large cuts in oil production continue to dampen economic activity.

17.   But market holidays Monday in New York and London dampened activity in Tokyo.

18.   But market holidays yesterday in New York and London dampened activity in Tokyo.

19.   Deflation is a dangerous obstacle to a turnaround because it brings down income and further dampens economic activity.

20.   Deflation is a dangerous obstacle to a turnaround because it drives income down and further dampens economic activity.