Word: dispell
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Does the ancient Puritan connection between virtue and boredom still run beneath the glitzy, pleasure-roiled surface of American culture? For the answer, go and visit the retrospective of Sol LeWitt's paintings, sculpture and prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. It will dispel your doubts, without necessarily offering you lots in the way of superior pleasure. The Puritans, as descendants of the men who tried to destroy the whole legacy of English medieval art, exalted the Word and the Idea and distrusted the visual icon. It was blasphemy to represent the face...
Harvard officials had cut back on the number of endorsements in recent years, which they felt had become excessive. Gerson said he visited Harvard because he wanted to dispel this misconception...
...response, I would answer: it's everywhere but among undergraduates. And I would further postulate that the reason for this is due to the terrible single-mindedness of College students, who tend to focus inward much more than outward. In order to explain why, let me first dispel two common myths about "the free flow of discourse at Harvard." The first commonly propounded myth is that the undergraduate community constitutes a reflection of the Harvard as a whole; that if we're not observing "open dialogue" about the Middle East among our peers, then it's not happening on campus...
...making her own situation public, Delaney-Smith has hoped to help dispel many of those common myths about the disease that once evoked fear...
...refused to join the WRC, citing an alleged lack of corporate participation and leadership. The organization was founded only a year ago, and some consider this a drawback as well. In fact, on both counts the WRC has made considerable progress: It was incorporated earlier this month, which should dispel viability concerns, and it changed the structure of its governing board to include equal representation among students, administrators and sweatshop experts. In addition, the WRC is in constant contact with the corporations it monitors. It would represent a clear conflict of interest to give those corporations a direct role...