Word: dispell
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With calls for a nuclear freeze and unilateral disarmament growing, it is time to dispel the illusion that the Soviet Union is a peace-loving nation (as Andropov would have us believe) arming itself merely in response to a Western military build-up. For two decades, military spending as a component of GNP steadily declined in the West as the component of military expenditures allocated for personnel costs continued to rise. The opposite was true in the Soviet Union where its people were forced to make even greater sacrifices of national income to finance the greatest military build...
Fears of future inflation and monstrous budget deficits were not enough, however, to dispel the public mood of relief and confidence that prevailed as 1983 was drawing to a close. For many people, the most pressing concern at the moment was how to fight past the mobs crowding into shopping malls during the best Christmas season in years. The recovery was rolling, and Americans were ready to enjoy...
This weekend's Coast Guard tournament did nothing to dispel those thoughts...
...happens, the admissions office's new film strikes some of the same notes in trying to dispel myths about Harvard. It emphasizes that Harvard is not only a mecca for rich, white WASPS, but rather a meeting-place for people with all types of interests and abilities. During the past year, the admissions office has increased the number of students it sends out into the field to recruit, rewritten many of its brochures, and contacted minority alumni and 10,000 high school guidance counselors around the country to enlist support. All this new propaganda and increased communications effort is designed...
...year again. The body stiffens, the bones grow cold, and we are standing helpless inside the door awaiting the arrival of our monsters. Each year we perform this ritual, following the Druids in their annual practice of calling forth the terrifying spirits of the age in an effort to dispel them. These are not children-no diminutive, sweet-voiced ghosts and witches reaching timidly for corn candy. They are the real monsters of our times, and they are not so easily appeased. Brace yourself. The moon is hidden in the clouds, the house as quiet as a tomb. And here...