Word: dispelled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sesquitercentenary was conceived as a "family affair," Stephenson says. A public party on the Charles, a folk concert, and other aspects of the 350th labeled as vacuous and glitzy were attempts, he says, to make Harvard's celebration accessible to a broad audience. According to Stephenson, the celebration should dispel such criticism...
...perceptible easing of hostilities between the sister cities has helped dispel the East Berlin reputation for gloominess. The process of normalization was set in motion in the early 1980s by Richard von Weizsacker, who was then West Berlin's mayor and is today West Germany's Federal President. Von Weizsacker became the first West Berlin mayor to meet with Erich Honecker, East Germany's Communist Party leader. Small signs of cooperation began to emerge on areas of mutual concern like waste disposal and pollution. Although the almost daily contacts are still conducted on an unofficial basis, the numbing silence...
...dispel Helms' notion that Reagan and the State Department might view the recent events in Chile differently, White House Spokesman Edward Djerejian declared, "Ambassador Barnes is carrying out the President's policy toward Chile...
Given the timing, Reagan's remarks on hunger sounded a bit Scrooge-like. In a last-minute effort to dispel that image, the President belatedly decided to allow the human chain to snake through the White House grounds and to join in himself. "This house," said Reagan, "belongs to all the people and is a symbol of the American dream." But for obvious security reasons, not "all the people" will be permitted in the White House segment of the line--only Secret Service agents, White House personnel and families and accredited journalists...
...would, among other measures, make driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) greater than 10 percent grounds for conviction on drunk driving charges. This automatic "administration per se" rule would dispel drivers' and jurors' uncertainty over what exactly constitutes drunk driving, Dukakis said...