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...Conant was Harvard's first 20th-centurypresident who had grown up in the 20th century,and during his tenure, he did much to dispel theBrahmin tone of the Lowell administration. Heencouraged admissions officers to venture beyondNew England and recruit promising students fromaround the country. On the faculty, Conantwelcomed not just gentleman humanists, but alsothe scientists and mathematicians who pioneeredthe development of the atom bomb...
...dispel [the illusion]? Simply go out into the environment and see that it's not universal to have opportunity, to have the resources you do, the great school system or a supportive environment, For them to do what you do they have to go against the grain just to go to school...
...drug companies and even some doctors argue that the ads can provide information and encourage otherwise reluctant patients to seek help. Advertising could also help dispel some of the mystery surrounding prescription medication and enable people to take a more active role in their own treatment. Dr. Warren Pearse of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists feels that more ads for oral contraceptives would provide women with a better picture of birth-control alternatives. "The days of keeping patients in the dark have passed," he says...
...talks concluded with a vaguely worded joint commitment to dispel the existing climate of violence and to establish a peaceful process of negotiation. It was not the truce many hoped for, but at least the two sides are still talking...
...been attending a meeting of U.S. envoys. Angered by the U.S. refusal to dispatch Kelly, the IJLP issued a new statement, this time accompanied by a photograph of Polhill. The group announced that it had decided to "postpone this operation until the picture is cleared." Perhaps to dispel speculation that it had gone soft, it also threatened to attack airports and airlines involved in Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to Israel...