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...attempt to dispel worries that overpopulation could ruin India's chances for development, Rao said predictions that his country's population will overtake China's are wrong. He said population estimates by the World Bank support his contention...
Members of the task force said they included the documents in their report in an attempt to dispel any suggestions that further tests on children are being concealed from the public...
...then had expressed interest in purchasing as many as 500 engines over 20 years. Including service and peripherals, the company estimated the deal could gross $500 million and support 440 jobs at Garrett and its subcontractors. AlliedSignal's lobbyists began pressing the Pentagon to drop its opposition. To dispel fears that the engines might be used for missiles, AlliedSignal's spokesman Arch Niesmith told congressional investigators not to worry. "Our engine has a diameter of nearly three feet," he said, "whereas a cruise missile is roughly one-third that size." Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and his deputy Mitch...
Last October, Knowles formed an advisorycommittee on Linguistics. But its mission--todevise a way of transforming the department into acommittee--did little to dispel the criticism ofconcentrators...
Harding's wobbles dispel the specter of a gold-medaled felon...