Word: dispel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Students who are willing to become involved in the movement are often uncertain about the conflicting doctrines and aims of these disparate groups," Mumma explained. "The pane's and discussion groups should dispel this confusion...
Nonetheless, Mexico's new President took pains to dispel any illusion that he will promote a Latino form of Gaullism that would seek to build nationalist prestige at the expense of hemispheric solidarity. Said Diaz Ordaz, "It is unfair to Mexico to be pointed at as wishful of becoming the leader of Latin America. It aspires to be just another member in the group that joins its efforts for common improvement...
...after frustrating week he was scheduled into small rural towns across the nation, carried on with grim determination to do his mediocre best, until the spark had gone, the acid evaporated, and only a handful of home-town cronies aboard the silver-and-blue campaign plane were left to dispel the gloom. "I know exactly what I'm going to do if I lose," he quipped to a friend, "but I don't know what the hell...
Other researchers believe high-pressure oxygen may be useful in destroying lingering tetanus bacilli, and doctors at Maumee Vallery Hospital, Toledo, report that in some cases it is effective against oxygen-breathing microbes, including Staphylococcus aureus-"hospital staph." There is even evidence that high-pressure oxygen may help to dispel massive blood clots in the lungs, help to reverse the effects of severe heart attacks, and enhance the effectiveness of certain drugs in the treatment of certain skin cancers (melanomas...
...discussion. Speaking for his fellow Arab Christians. Ignace Cardinal Tappouni of Syria doggedly argued that the declaration was inopportune; his implication was that Moslem rulers in the Middle East would see it as Vatican recognition of Israel, an interpretation that even the revised draft takes pains to dispel. There were smiles and titters when Sicily's Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini rose to charge that it was too kind to the Jews, who instead should be urged to abandon their offensive practices against Christians. By the end of the debate, however, most observers felt that the final declaration would be considerably...