Word: dispell
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...about how to pronounce it. VW has tacitly admitted that they were right. Some of the first TV ads for the Touareg parody the pronunciation (which, for the record, is tour-egg). VW says Americans had difficulty pronouncing Passat when it launched. (Never mind fahrvergnugen.) But that doesn't dispel the sense that VW's marketing department is in triage mode. VW named the Touareg for a rugged tribe of African nomads. But it turns out that the tribe held and traded slaves until the 20th century--a poor association for a company that used slave labor during World...
...stereotyped roles. (Ha, Monica sure likes to clean! And Ross is right, Joey’s such a lug!) But it’s quite another when these shows pass themselves off as “real” and Jessica Simpson ends up in Rolling Stone trying to dispel the notion that she’s as ditzy as she’s depicted on “Newlyweds.” Did you know Ally Hilfiger really loves painting in her spare time? Bet you didn’t, because a painting montage just isn?...
...Board will not automatically give an advantage to those students who are duly called before the Ad Board for real offenses. Rather, student membership on the Ad Board will give the Board a much more well-rounded view of the situations with which it is presented. It will help dispel false defenses as well as highlight legitimate concerns that only students, with their proximity to life at Harvard, might be able to discern. It will ensure that the Board is getting an accurate representation of the views and values that modern Harvard students have and can decide whether incidents...
Herschbach joked that his participation in the show might dispel some stereotypes of his colleagues. “For a lot of people, scientists seem to be a breed apart,” he said. “But scientists enjoy having fun as much as anyone else...
...have a clue how to pronounce it. VW has tacitly admitted that they were right. Some of the first TV ads for the Touareg parody its pronunciation (which, for the record, is "tour-egg"). VW says that Americans had difficulty pronouncing Passat when it launched. But that doesn't dispel the sense that VW's marketing department is in triage mode. Touareg, it turns out, also refers to a rugged tribe of African nomads that held and traded slaves until the 20th century - a poor association for a company that used slave labor during World War II. Last summer, Pischetsrieder...