Word: dispeller
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Foremost in Luci's thoughts at the moment is her Aug. 6 wedding to Patrick J. Nugent. Eager to dispel the stigma of a teen-age marriage, she coolly reasons that by August, Pat will be 23 and she will have turned 19, concludes therefore that "our ages will average out at over 21." Adds the bride...
...members of the Harvard Rugby Club strongly believe in that tradition. They are working hard this year to dispel any adverse image Harvard rugby has had in the past...
Deep in the bowels of Widener, an unnoticed cardboard box languishes under a soft blanket of dust amid myriad shelves of forgotten books. Once every few days, a leisurely old man walks down the silent aisle and stops, pulling the cord for a naked bulb to dispel the gloom. Bending over to the bottom shelf, the white-haired man takes out the box and lifts its lid. He smiles...
...should aim at preventing inequities which would result from a strict application of numerical values to grades without regard for department or individual programs, honors and non-honors. An open discussion of this issue may provide the beginnings of a dialogue on other aspects of the draft problem and dispel some of the confusion and uncertainty which now prevail...
...most important, the "enclave strategy" would dispel by its very nature the hopes of Hanoi that we will withdraw from Vietnam before ensuring a stable political solution. They may not decide to negotiate for several years, but the stability and de-escalation which the strategy would afford could provide both the Americans and Hanoi, both the NLF and Saigon, a chance to re-evaluate the realistic prospects for a coalition government in the South...