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...Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, "I was told the difference between the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was that Senators were too old to have affairs. They only have relations. Ever since I got into the Senate, I have been trying to dispel that vile calumny-and not without success...
...still loyal believers who call themselves the Survivantists gathered around an open grave in a Delft cemetery to exhume the old bones which may or may not be those of an heir to the throne of France. A new examination of Naundorff's remains did nothing to dispel the mystery, but the Survivantists were not discouraged. Next year in the Vatican, on the 100th anniversary of her death, the secret will of Maria Therese, Duchess of Angouleme, is to be opened and read. Perhaps, hope the Survivantists, it will contain the final proof that the lost Dauphin of France...
Your entire article is built upon the thesis that the cat is a sneaky, treacherous creature. We, of the American Feline Society, Inc., have dedicated our lives, energies and resources to dispel old wives' tales and folklore inimical to this noble creature...
Crowning Irony. The crowning irony came this week when Nationalist Spokesman Shen Chang-huan felt constrained to dispel at least part of the heavy fog surrounding President Truman's statement on Formosa. Said Shen in a statement to the Chinese press: "I believe the U.S. has no territorial ambitions on Formosa." It was a statement that any local U.S. spokesman might have been expected to make, but of course none did. Any local U.S. diplomat who said anything reassuring to the Chinese government would have expected to lose...
...vote in last year's federal election dropped to 32,623 (from a peak of 111,892 in 1945). Red leadership has been mainly wiped out in Canada's labor movement. What was obviously wanted was a new face to give the party a kindlier look and dispel the aura of treachery that has hung over it since the spy scandal. Dr. Endicott, with his pleasant voice and frank manner, seemed to be just the right...