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Word: dispell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dustup over weapons policy came just as Reagan was trying to dispel a similar impression of disarray on important domestic issues. He spent much of the week grappling with ways to reduce the deficit-swollen federal budget and nudging a blue-ribbon commission toward a compromise on the politically explosive question of restoring the solvency of the Social Security system (see following stories). The air of uncertainty in the capital was heightened by the resignation of Richard Schweiker as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and by word that Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker, the Senate majority leader and Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uproar over Arms Control | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...earlier hits like "Man With the Child in His Eyes.' The contrast with her old style persists throughout the new album, each song pressing a new experiment in sound or subject matter. For the most part, she experiments with a darker, heavier sound. She seems to want to dispel her soft-rock image, without resorting to an electric guitar. Instead, she alters her singing style and makes frequent forays into non-Western musical styles...

Author: By Michael Hasselmo, | Title: A Separate World | 1/19/1983 | See Source »

Seeking to dispel rumors that he doesn't have the stomach for an extended Presidential campaign, former Vice President Walter F. Mondale appears on CBS' "60 Minutes" and downs two full bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Only in America...' | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

While experts agree that de la Madrid's exhaustive campaign did much to dispel his image as a U.S. educated technocrat not fully in touch with popular concerns, they say much of the Mexican Left continues to be skeptical of his commitment to the economic populism that is so central to the nation's political culture...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Harvard Ties Hinder New President | 12/1/1982 | See Source »

...peculiar circumstances by which the Dins secured their rights to Sanders this weekend, haven't helped dispel the group's image of a struggling underdog...

Author: By John N. Riccardi, | Title: Dins, Not Kroks, in Spotlight For Yale Weekend Songfest | 11/20/1982 | See Source »

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