Search Details

Word: dispelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...order to work, the new arrangement first has to remain in place - no mean feat given the pressures it is meant to dispel. A critical test will be what the coalition government does to facilitate the speedy return home of more than 300,000 displaced Kenyans from all ethnic groups - women and children in particular. The title deeds they hold to land now occupied by others must be honored; if they are not, the viability of the Kenyan state and the rule of law itself will be called into question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: From the Ground Up | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Diamond lovers may benefit from liquidation sales at Alpha Omega Jewelers, but for some Cambridge natives, the prospect of cheap jewelry doesn’t dispel concerns about the effects that the store’s bankruptcy—and likely disappearance—will have on the character of Harvard Square...

Author: By Elliot Ikheloa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jeweler Is Latest To Leave Square | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...campaign in which almost nothing went right. Foot and Deputy Leader Denis Healey, 65, wrangled publicly over details of the party's controversial disarmament policies. That dispute had barely ended when former Prime Minister Callaghan, 71, revived it by disagreeing with them both. Then while Foot was striving to dispel the notion that he was a tired and ineffective leader, his wife, Feminist Writer Jill Craigie, was quoted as saying that her husband would step down soon after the election to make way for a younger man. Worse yet, the Labor leader did not flatly contradict the report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thatcher Triumphant | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

...recruitment of project leaders for the city. Rejecting the suggestion he did anything improper, Chirac wrote that the positions were, "as legitimate as they were necessary," and duly approved by the City Council. In the letter, he details the workings of that hiring campaign in an attempt to dispel any notions of wrong-doing, to try to correct what he terms the "inexact, often caricatured, at times outrageous things that have been said on this matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Chirac Under Investigation | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

After last season’s inconsistency in the crease, questions abounded about sophomore goaltender Kyle Richter entering this season. But Richter continued to dispel any lingering doubts with his stellar performance in Friday night’s 2-1 victory against longtime rival Cornell. “Kyle made some highlight-reel saves again, and I think they really added to our momentum,” co-captain Mike Taylor said. When the Big Red came alive in the second period, peppering shot after shot on goal, Richter stepped up to the challenge. Although Cornell never relented...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Richter Stymies Cornell Attackers | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Next