Word: dispell
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...that this insane growth and prodigal lifestyle couldn’t last forever, yet the belief that the cow could be milked one day longer despite warning signs to the contrary made the fall that much more difficult. Of course, this truth doesn’t do anything to dispel the bitterness and depression that has taken hold of the Bay. There is a silent anger in the eyes of nearly everyone who works here—the techies who ride the buses, the bankers who walk the streets, even the cabbies who plague the roads...
...those who break their oath of secrecy. But today's Freemasons insist that tattletales are no longer-if ever they were-subjected to "having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out ... and buried in the sands of the sea." In fact, so eager are Britain's Freemasons to dispel the sinister associations that still cloud their reputation that the United Grand Lodge of England (UGL) whose 300,000 members represent 90% of the Masons in England and Wales has hired a public relations agent...
...quibbles all involve the women of the movie, making a statement that racing is a man’s world, and women are mere functionaries, objects and ornaments to be lusted and sought after, but never truly needed. The numerous shots of buxom race car girls do nothing to dispel the stench of chauvinism...
Former FBI Director William H. Webster, 76, who ran the bureau under Carter and Reagan and the Central Intelligence Agency under Reagan and Bush, has consented to lend a little of his luster to FBI Director Louis Freeh, who is struggling to dispel the taint of the FBI's worst spy scandal. As head of an inquiry into the intelligence disaster, Webster says sympathetically that decades of experience have taught him one thing: "There is no absolutely fail-safe setup that will quickly and immediately identify a good man or woman who goes sour. So our focus will...
...American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, is designing a program that takes into account the child's age, size, experience and chosen sport. Not only are the experts saying it's O.K. for a child as young as seven to participate in strength training, but they're also beginning to dispel some of the misconceptions about its risks and benefits...