Word: dispell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...child's lips were locked. Seized with black despair in the face of ignorance that she could not dispel, and of suffering that she had caused, Teacher Hickman lapsed completely into the primitive. She lashed out with her broomstick in a shower of blows. She squatted on the floor, clenched her teeth and battered the child's shins until he toppled upon the floor, still silent about...
...Abbé des Noyers declared last week that, far from being a member of the cult, he had originally been called to Bordeaux at the request of Mme. Mesmin, who wished him to dispel her curse...
Later in the week Mr. George attempted to dispel the prevailing impression that he is seeking a return to power. "I have had a longer stretch of office than any living man. I have served the Crown and nation in some of the highest offices of State. There's nothing an office can give...
...occasion of the writing of this letter is particularly noteworthy. It is a long time since a President of Harvard has thus taken the students of the University, into his confidence. Such frankness can not fail to dispel misconceptions and to bring the officers and students together in common understanding of the beliefs and ideals, long current or recently promulgated, which affect the policies of the University. And when such a community of intelligent sympathy exists within, misquotations and misrepresentations without irritating as they may be, cease to be of any great importance...
Bear Tries to Dispel Hoodoo...