I add cream, which helps tamp down the strong garlic just enough to make it palatable by all, but still vibrant. (soulemama.com)
Low energy prices, the distraction of the first Persian Gulf war, and a temporary cool spell following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines all helped tamp down global warming as an issue through much of the 1990's, outside the brief burst of triumphant proclamations with the 1997 negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol, a stricter addendum to the faltering 1992 climate pact. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
They are different versions of an American type: the self - created individual of tamped - down grandiosity, artists before art was popular. (frieze.com)