Word: dispell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That would be an encouraging development in view of private growling lately from both sides that they can do very well without another summit, thank you. But even if both sides agree to keep planning for a summit, it will take much more to dispel the sour atmosphere that has developed between the superpowers since the Geneva meeting. In fact it may tax diplomats' ingenuity to keep relations from deteriorating further, and fast...
...President Richard K. Anderson said he had called the press conference to dispel false rumors before the convention. He criticized Hyatt for "sloppy work habits" and negligence that left volunteers confused and discouraged. Anderson said such actions belied Hyatt's previous experience as a 5th District Congressional candidate and an organizer for tax-cutting measures, including key work for Proposition...
...part of a political campaign, the office to be determined later. But Giuliani responds that it is not a crime to want to go into politics; anyway, that is for the future. For him, publicity is a necessary weapon in his crusade against organized crime, and a way to dispel cynicism about law enforcement: "The only way to deliver a deterrent effectively is to publicize it. I want to send a message...
...same party who has been named to fill the vacancy. Skeptical Filipinos, Laurel among them, have warned that Marcos might use that clause at the last minute to make First Lady Imelda his running mate or even the K.B.L.'s presidential candidate. For now, Mrs. Marcos seems determined to dispel such rumors. "I had to go to the major leaders who wanted me on the ticket and tell them no," she told TIME last week. "I really don't like any public office because I am much too sensitive." Opposition leaders tried last week to play down the tactical brilliance...
...front and offhand nature of his statement was intended to dispel the sort of confusion that attended the Administration's handling of the President's previous nose operation last July. Then it was six days before Reagan took questions on the subject. The diagnosis, now as then: basal-cell carcinoma, the most common and least dangerous form of cancer. The second lesion on the President's nose was removed by a Washington dermatologist, whom the Administration refuses to identify, in a short operation performed in the White House doctor's office under local anesthetic. Reagan explained that his doctors...