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Word: dispells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your entire article is built upon the thesis that the cat is a sneaky, treacherous creature. We, of the American Feline Society, Inc., have dedicated our lives, energies and resources to dispel old wives' tales and folklore inimical to this noble creature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Powerful Weapon | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Crowning Irony. The crowning irony came this week when Nationalist Spokesman Shen Chang-huan felt constrained to dispel at least part of the heavy fog surrounding President Truman's statement on Formosa. Said Shen in a statement to the Chinese press: "I believe the U.S. has no territorial ambitions on Formosa." It was a statement that any local U.S. spokesman might have been expected to make, but of course none did. Any local U.S. diplomat who said anything reassuring to the Chinese government would have expected to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: THE U.S. TRAGEDY IN FORMOSA | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

...vote in last year's federal election dropped to 32,623 (from a peak of 111,892 in 1945). Red leadership has been mainly wiped out in Canada's labor movement. What was obviously wanted was a new face to give the party a kindlier look and dispel the aura of treachery that has hung over it since the spy scandal. Dr. Endicott, with his pleasant voice and frank manner, seemed to be just the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: New Face | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

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