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...A.N.C. has been stung by speculation that it was responsible for the muzzling of Kgase last month, as well as the silencing of a second witness and the disappearance of a third. Some A.N.C. insiders fear that if the organization does not dispel that impression, its image will be tarnished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Back on The Stand | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

Graham worked during her tenure to dispel that image, and met with some success...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: The Ed School's Dean Graham Leaves a Legacy of Innovation | 2/8/1991 | See Source »

Hoffmann maintained that if the anti-Iraq coalition failed to defeat Saddam Hussein cleanly and quickly, the U.S. could retreat into isolationism and destroy the possibility of collective security to halt future Saddamism. "Only a miraculously successful war--a swift victory through a limited resort to force--would dispel these dangers," Hoffmann wrote...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Forget About Pax Americana... | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

...must dispel such potentially disastrous notions. The most challenging task in the fight to save the planet is cultivating a willingness to sacrifice for improvements. This cannot be done if we preach the existence of easy environmentalism...

Author: By Mona Lin, | Title: Environmentalism Isn't Easy | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

...thought that if another childhood myth had to be corrupted, graham crackers would be the next to go. But they (the evil "they" who dispel most childhood myths) got to the SAT first...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: No More SATisfaction | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

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