Word: dispel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finley's speech did little to dispel this image, and at times it proved downright embarassing. Speaking of life in the Houses before they were coeducational, the classicist declared that today, by comparison...
...under Ross' direction, may well do much to dispel the myth that the avant-garde in art is nowhere to be found in Boston. "Reputations still have to be made or unmade in New York," says Sellars, "but the ICA is moving in very exciting directions. I saw a lot there that meant a great deal to me, and it's a great environment in which to work. And that's the important thing for an artist. The important thing for an artist is working in the media available, getting it done...
...Israeli-Lebanese agreement after four frustrating months of negotiations. Much more than a signed piece of paper was at stake. Success not only would boost the chances of resuscitating President Reagan's peace plan for Unking the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to Jordan, but dispel the notion that the Reagan Administration is clumsy in its conduct of foreign affairs...
Talking to a group of guidance counselors in Phoenix, A.C.M. President Charles Neff set out to dispel some myths about his region. The Midwest is not dull. It is not flat. "We do have woods and lakes and rolling hills," he said. His jocularity did not mask his mission. Said one of the counselors: "Any time someone serves you Bloody Marys and screwdrivers at noon, you know they're serious." Neff anticipated questions with a barrage of statistics: 58% of A.C.M.'s graduates find full-time employment within a year after graduation, 25% are enrolled in graduate...
...young reactionaries did, in fact, recede in direct proportion to Ronald Reagan's sinking fortunes. Harvard's vaunted Conservative Club, for example, disappeared altogether from public view after a semester of shrill heckling. But in my eagerness to dispel myth, I had obscured the key aspect of the Harvard undergraduate psyche. Despite the popularity of easy progressive positions--restrain the Reagan arms binge, help poor people, integrate the Law School faculty--most students here are dedicated conformists prone to inward-looking contentment...