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Under pressure from Beijing to maintain social stability, local officials are also trying to tamp down unrest by doling out back wages.

Use the back of the rake to tamp down the soil and lightly rake the surface once more.

China has flirted with trying to tighten up its monetary policy to tamp down inflation, but it has not really taken decisive action.

Today, in its quarterly review, the bank raised rates more forcefully than expected as it continues to try to tamp down inflation.

China for several months was busily trying to tamp down on liquidity to keep inflation in check.

Although Tokyo has been publicly trying to tamp down the dispute, it's clear that patience is wearing thin.

Policy makers are trying to tamp down domestic demand to prevent the economy from going into inflationary overdrive.

But the Chinese government also appears to be trying to tamp down interest in the case.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a Friday speech pressed China to be more aggressive in helping tamp down the North's nuclear program.

After seeking to defuse lingering trade disputes with China for the last 15 months, Paulson instead may have to tamp down fresh outbreaks.

It was running a budget surplus and had been raising interest rates to tamp down excessive growth.

The drop came after the government announced steps to remove cash from the financial system in an attempt to tamp down inflation.

Investors have also weighed whether China would tamp down growth, or the U. S. would slide back into recession.

Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian chancellor, used his to tamp down the tobacco in his pipe.

set aside sufficient electricity for stadiums; tamp down violent crime and minimize potential terrorism threats.

The government is working to tamp down inflation to make sure high prices for food and housing do not spark unrest.

Administration officials said they expected all sides to tamp down disagreements, though that won't mask the coming conflicts.

On Monday, the White House aimed to tamp down expectations.

Issuance has jumped as officials in Beijing have tried to tamp down lending and have taken steps to calm its voluble stock market.

Officials also tried to tamp down anxiety from dairy farmers concerned about bad press.

In recent weeks, China, India, Australia and others have pushed their own interest rates higher to tamp down inflation forces.

Both consumers and businesses will benefit from rules designed to tamp down abusive practices.

In Latin America , Brazil , Colombia and Peru have also intervened to tamp down their currencies .

But Iraq has yet to pass an oil revenue-sharing law, something that could tamp down major sectarian strife.

They tamp down cholesterol by reducing levels of bad fats (triglycerides).

The powder in place, he rammed a long iron rod to tamp down the charge.

In China, worries about overheated home prices prompted the government to tamp down on mortgage lending and land sales.

When working properly, the hormone, which is made when body cells take in fat from food, travels to the brain to tamp down appetite.

Administrative measures to tamp down lending to overheated sectors such as real estate were also enacted.

TheHong Kong government has tried its best to tamp down overexuberanceinrecent months.

Germany did its best to tamp down expectations that a bailout was imminent.

joint action to tamp down a too-strong dollar