Word: dispell
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...Smothering," "stifling," a land of "mindless, slave-driven automatons"-these descriptors jump to the forefront of the stereotypical conservatory image. Obviously a bit distorted in their portrayal of the purely music-oriented education, these are the stereotypes that institutions like The Juilliard School seeks to dispel, and that prospective students must battle when weighing college against conservatory. A past enrollee in Juilliard's Pre-College Division, Tarumoto speaks from experience when she says, "All are true and untrue depending on what you are looking for in your education. Having an identity shaped almost solely by how good...
Pforzheimer House Committee, however, is actively working to dispel its premed House label. In post-randomization Pfo-Ho, "there are other concentrations that can co-exist," said Ali J.Q. Satvat '99, vice president of the Pforzheimer House Committee, who described the House's pre-randomization stereotype as "dry, stale and devoid of character...
...stock-market crash filled Wall Street with eerily silent crowds gaping in stunned apprehension, President Herbert Hoover was still clinging to the deeply held--and widely shared--belief that good old rugged individualism, with just a dash of government help (nothing so radical as a federal dole), would dispel the gathering Depression. But the economy only spiraled lower. By 1933 unemployment had hit 25%; people were foraging in garbage dumps for food; outside almost every large city, shantytowns, known as "Hoovervilles," drew the newly homeless. On the eve of F.D.R.'s Inauguration, panicky runs on banks threatened to bring down...
Ultimately, his main goal in teaching francophone literature is to dispel stereo-types of Africa...
Draped in Olympic glory on Japanese soil, one might think New England was the last thing on the minds of these young Harvard athletes, but Mleczko would soon dispel these notions...