Word: dispel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major differences," says Walker, "were in the degrees of feelings evoked and the ways they were expressed." To discover whether there may be cultural response patterns elsewhere, Walker plans to take "See & Tell" to London, Paris and Tokyo. "I hope," he says, "we may be able to either dispel or confirm many existing cultural stereotypes." -By Sara Medina. Reported by Nancy Pierce Williamson/New York
Still, the U.S. and the five-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)* hoped that the conference would provide what Washington termed a "framework for settlement" and offer some inducements for Hanoi to retreat from its costly adventure. ASEAN introduced a plan designed to dispel Hanoi's fear that its enemy, China, might attempt to seize Cambodia if Viet Nam withdrew from the country. The proposal called for disarming all forces contending for power in Cambodia, including 30,000 to 40,000 Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge guerrillas. A neutral, interim government under U.N. supervision would then be established...
...coverage endangered Harvard's relations with the new administration. Smith was particularly upset. "The whole thing got blown out of proportion by the Globe," Smith said. "We were very concerned, for obvious reasons, when the story strongly implied that Harvard did not want Reagan at Commencement. We wanted to dispel any such impression." Calling the whole matter "an embarrassment," Smith said he was concerned that the story had done "significant damage" to relations with the Reagan White House, possibly hurting the ability to place graduate students in administrative positions. Allison, looking back on it, was more sanguine; he said...
...effort to dispel rumors that Lowell was trying to impose the church proposal unilaterally. Allston Burr, Class of 1889, chairman of the Harvard War Memorial Fund Committee, wrote a letter to the editors of the Crimson, in which he disclosed that his committee had studied the question for five years before arriving at the church proposal. The committee had then sent letters to the next-of-kin of the Harvard dead, explaining the committee's proposal for a memorial church and asking for contributions. Burr wrote...
...Crimson hopes to dispel the memories of that pre-season trip by asserting its presence on the national scene beginning Saturday. But its not going to be easy. By the luck of the draw, the Crimson drew the tournament-favorite Pepperdine to play in the opening round--which is similar to being sent to the Quad...