Word: dispell
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...sunlight broke through, just in time for the annual spring celebration on the MAC Quad. Although "Springfest 2000" was not nearly as bombastic as those of years past--sumo wrestling and gladiatorial combat among the most conspicuous absences--it was a genuinely festive event that did much to dispel the dreariness that accompanies April snowfalls...
Georgi agreed with speakers who saw the need for more men to learn about the issues surrounding women in science. He also aimed to dispel several myths about science, noting the most pervasive as the unclear conceptions about what it takes to succeed, which encourages males in leadership to choose successors who are like them...
...Faculty advisory committee on University spending would do much to dispel such suspicions. While it might seem like only adding another bureaucratic arm to the entire process, such a committee would undoubtedly lead to a greater sense of trust between the two groups, and perhaps a fairer, wiser and more efficient distribution of resources. Faculty members may not be experts on the University's finances, but they, along with students, are primary recipients of large-scale spending. This allows them to evaluate University proposals from a practical perspective...
...benefits mainstream culture as well as minority groups. Perhaps the next step toward achieving an environment in which ethnic-specific clubs can be viewed without suspicion, is to encourage interaction between the groups and the rest of the campus. AACF and other ethnic-specific organizations have the potential to dispel distrust, but this will only be possible if there is a genuine effort on the part of the groups to reach outward, and on the rest of the campus to reciprocate...
Gettysburg, as everyone knows, is in Pennsylvania, but George W. Bush can't wait that long. And so he's going to make his stand here, turning South Carolina into his battleground to once and for all dispel the notion that Republicans should consider voting for John McCain. Bush says he can certainly see why Democrats would; on Sunday he told Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" that those sly Dems were planning on pulling the McCain lever just so they could stack the deck in favor of their candidate in the general election. Although this seems to veer dangerously...