Word: dispell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...solid minority of the voting members of the Executive Committee of the Harvard-Radcliffe Democratic Club, strongly oppose ratification of the proposed student body constitution, and feel it is our duty to dispel the aura of unanimity that surrounds the Executive Committee's endorsement as reported on the first page of Monday's Crimson...
...Jean Sorel) to the doors of a brothel for a job. Only his classic "Los Olivados" approaches the eeriness of the dream sequences in "Bell de Jour," and relative newcomers to Bunuel's work should mark down this Sunday's showing as a must-see. One screening will quickly dispel all doubts about Bunuel's unswaying commitment to art over politics--although we would be forgiven for getting the wrong impression from such bourgeois-baiting as "Phantome de la Liberte" and "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie." While some of the symbolism gets a bit murky--or worse yet, overdone...
...maintaining a businesslike decorum. The company's pit bosses are referred to as administrators, and cocktail waitresses taking orders at the craps tables are instructed to call out, to the bartender, say, "Two double Scotches for C" instead of shouting the word craps. Every effort is made to dispel the rowdy, green eyeshade image of gambling. New croupiers are taught the "theory of craps," while Twenty-One dealers are told to slap their hands and hold them upward when they leave their posts to show that they are not concealing any chips. Department heads are required to write daily...
...will not resolve deeply felt differences, nor should they. But they can at least define what the differences are and leave each side better prepared to argue its position. Traditionally Republican businessmen will probably never feel wholly comfortable with a Democratic President, nor will such a President ever totally dispel his suspicions of business. But both sides are locked into a partnership that they cannot escape. Businessmen know their companies' profits depend heavily on Washington's tax, spending and energy policies; the President realizes and has often said that only business can make the investments, create the jobs...
Moses has no qualms about being a college administrator, a job today laden with an adversary image difficult to dispel, explaining that when he started thinking about being a dean, "no one used the term 'The Administration'--deans were individual people, not members of a party--I liked the work the best of them did. Then the late '60s and early '70s came along and 'The Administration' was the other party. But it was too late...