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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also hopes that the autobiography will dispel the following myths...

Author: By Allen M. Greenberg, | Title: Skinner Criticizes Government, Tells Stories About His Career | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

...union which has the motto "We can't eat prestige." District 65 staked a lot on prestige in this campaign. Officials hoped the association with the UAW would dispel the doubts held last time around about the union's financial stability and its negotiating record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Med Workers Reject Union; District 65 to File Complaint | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

...industrialists and bureaucrats. Liberal opponents of the new philosophy have accurately dubbed it. "Stealing from the poor to give to the rich," but their self-righteous attitude cannot counter the political power that supply-side proponents have entrenched on their side since the presidential election. Nor can liberals dispel the popular support for tax-cuts and budget-slashing from a large group of people tired of losing their money through taxes used to fund inefficient social programs...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: When the Ax Comes Down | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

Questions about the name and address of each freshman's parents and high school were eliminated from the housing application forms several years ago in order to dispel rumors that such factors were being considered, Neer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Housing Lottery Begins Today; Results Are Due by March 19 | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...over the Vietnamese forces in the country, which are estimated at 200,000, there is the danger that Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge might then turn its guns against Son Sann and Sihanouk. Moreover, not even the firm anti-Soviet predisposition of the Reagan Administration is likely to dispel American reluctance to get involved in another conflict with the Vietnamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southeast Asia: A Strange Alliance of Convenience | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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