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...Godina said. Of course, efficiency is only one reason for the wedding. “We always knew we’d get married,” she said. “We just get along really well.” Godina is also ready to dispel any misconceptions about the ruggedness of the mountain ceremony. “I think, in Colorado, it’s not that uncommon to get married on a mountain,” Godina said. “It’s pretty civilized. There’s a fancy restaurant on that mountain...
Williams, who plans to serve in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal branch or the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) and eventually the Foreign Service, also said she hopes to see ROTC back on Harvard’s campus to dispel some “myths and stereotypes associated with the military...
This anomaly would seem to dispel the antiquated notion that true love or selfless forgiveness are at all necessary for enduring relationships—there can be something far less magical at work. In the case of political marriages, the mere practical exigencies of maintaining a pristine reputation in the public eye and smoothing over rough patches for the good of a party or administration often mean politicians and their spouses are stuck together, for better or worse. In other cases, the influence of money and power creates a situation in which one person in the marriage...
...classical-music conductor taking the podium always becomes a peacemaker of sorts. The central mission of conducting, after all, is to dispel discord and bring dozens of competing voices into concert. The Israeli maestro Daniel Barenboim, 65, sees in this act the opportunity to bring a deeper kind of harmony to one of the most violent and vociferous regions in the world: the Middle East...
Weatherl accused the media of portraying Rove as “something that he’s not—mean, angry,” and added that the event would hopefully “dispel myths...