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...picture of the little girl shows her to be a thin. sad-eyed, frightened child who looks in need of nourishment. The letter expressed a hope that the leaders of the children's colony would be able to dispel her sadness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman, Radcliffe Sophomore Find They're Parents of 7 Year Old Child | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

...reason we are running this contest," Richard J. Comey '43, secretary of the club, stated, "is that we want to dispel the idea that beautiful girls can only be found among the 400 or in the social register. We're going to enter girls whose lives are worth living, not bored society debs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POPULAR VOTE WILL DECIDE PHOTO CLUB'S "GLAMOR GIRL" | 3/21/1940 | See Source »

...that "April" hours and the exce increasing expense of the Charles' murky waters are doing their best to dispel Cambridge's wintry atmosphere, hopes at the Newell Boat House are high for outside rowing in the immediate future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bolles Expects Open Water For Oarsmen by Next week | 3/16/1940 | See Source »

...first program in a series entitled, "Adventures In Education," Phillips Brooks House will present over WHDH at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the dramatized story of the Undergraduate Faculty. Written and acted by members of the House, the program aims to dispel the legend of dullness usually attached to educational broadcasts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P.B.H. WILL INTRODUCE NOVEL RADIO SERIES | 10/4/1939 | See Source »

...oust Anthony Eden, he favored appeasement until he lost belief in Adolf Hitler's humanity. Then he favored a British military alliance with Russia. Now he may confidently be counted in Britain's war-if-necessary party. Quick-eyed, anxious to seem hearty and flexible, eager to dispel the aura of his title by democratic .manners, expected to travel and speak more than Sir Ronald did, his assignment (in cold fact) is to follow up on the visit of King George & Queen Mary, align the U. S. as close as may be behind an Empire whose back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Off-Base | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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