1.   Although Dole aides have been dampening expectations by portraying Clinton as far more skilled on his feet, the president may have more to lose.

2.   An upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy yesterday by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan dampened those expectations.

3.   And many commentators said the conflicting signals from the appointments dampened expectations of sweeping policy changes.

4.   And Peres has lately dampened expectations that simply meeting with Arafat can produce much.

5.   Both reports dampened expectations for the size and speed of future Fed rate cuts.

6.   Bush was clearly trying to dampen expectations for himself.

7.   Bush was careful not to exclude their use on Friday but also sought to dampen expectations of an all-out air and ground offensive.

8.   But as the state visit neared, Bush sought to dampen expectations on major breakthroughs or policy announcements.

9.   But Duisenberg also dampened expectations about additional rate increases later in the year.

10.   But Fleischer also sought to dampen expectations.