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...tenet of Gorbachev's reform policies athome that the Soviet Union must demonstrate to theWest it is eager to serve as a cooperative partnerin world economic development and dispel theKremlin's "enemy image" of the Cold...
Bush sought to dispel the embarrassment of an affair that left him caught between placating both the offended Chinese and American critics who attacked the Administration for not sending an escort for Fang, or even holding a separate but highly visible meeting with dissidents. On his departure for Seoul, Bush expressed to Vice Premier Wu Xueqian his regret that Fang had been barred from the banquet and instructed Ambassador Winston Lord to follow up on the matter with the Foreign Ministry. The Chinese announced that they "resented" the U.S. decision to invite Fang to the dinner without consulting them. When...
Recognizing the widespread nature of anti-Semitism in modern society, the new Church document condemns it as "the most tragic form that racist ideology has assumed in our century." In an attempt to dispel the myth that the Catholic Church was supposedly complacent in the face of Nazi racism, the document notes that Popes Pius XI and Pius XII condemned Nazi anti-Semitism in four official statements between...
...dares ram through a confirmation unless Tower, 63, can decisively dispel rumors of drinking and womanizing that have dogged him for years. Last week those charges arose at the next-to-last moment to haunt him yet again. The Armed Services Committee had scheduled a vote for Thursday that looked certain to be affirmative and to pave the way for confirmation by the full Senate. That morning, however, Committee Chairman Sam Nunn of Georgia and ranking Republican John Warner of Virginia agreed to put off the vote indefinitely. Their explanation: new allegations serious enough to demand a check...
...myths we need to dispel is the one that we have about community with a 'y' rather than communities," Saragosa says...