Word: dispel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Boone Pickens and Irwin L. Jacobs, whose controversial financial maneuvers have netted them tens of millions of dollars, attempted to dispel the image of raiders as the bandits of Wall...
Although much needs to be learned about AIDS, there are facts which should dispel the presumptions behind a scheme like Paul Cameron's. First, AIDS is hard to get. Medical authorities refrain from offering absolutes, but there has yet to be a case of AIDS transmitted through casual contact. Secondly, homosexuality is not a cause of AIDS. AIDS is caused by a virus, not by sexual preference. There are some sexual practices which seem to facilitate the transmission of AIDS, and concerned individuals should educate themselves of these risks...
...image of the Law School as an elite community "is just a ripoff," said Kennedy, who advocated redistributing law students among the six law schools of the Boston area to dispel the Law School's exclusive image...
...heels new sweeps of classification and restriction. We share those fears, and a Defense Department spokesman's prediction that the report will be used to lobby for a decrease in the number of Soviet scientists allowed to come here and for more pre-publication review did little to dispel them...
CAST has cleverly designed this exhibit to expand on or dispel much of the common knowledge and stereotypes assigned to the Chinese country and people. Acupuncture is explained and portrayed in the medical context in which it originated, rather than in the witch-doctor reputation it has outside China. A display featuring the artistry and dress of the Miso tribe, a minority group living in southwest China, reveals to visitors that contrary to popular belief, the Chinese are not one uniform race...