Word: dispells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...described "the rich airs and sparkling diamond necklace" of Defendant Reynolds' wife", painted bitter contrasting pictures of the Chinese widow, Mrs. Liu Chi-jan-"pale, weakened with sorrow, weeping bitterly until her eyes were swollen with sorrow." The Army's conduct of the case did little to dispel Chinese suspicions: both defense and prosecuting attorneys had been flown in from Okinawa, where they shared the same office. This was not the first time one had taken one side of the case and the other had been his friendly antagonist. During the trial they conferred together amiably in whispers...
...lionlike in aspect, Shepilov was a mild man and an appropriate mouthpiece for the soft words of coexistence with which the Soviet leaders were then screening their far-flung operations. The reason for the great play for Tito only became obvious later: they wanted to use him to help dispel the trouble that, sooner than they expected, exploded in Hungary and Poland...
...Gluecks based their prediction test on a study of 1000 boys, half of them juvenile delinquents and the other half non-delinquents. The research was conducted over a ten-year period, and seemed to dispel many earlier highly regarded theories about juvenile delinquency...
...year-old academy president cried in his high voice at the commencement address, "the general public has the mistaken notion that we of the geisha world are one of the main targets of the current antiprostitution law, and it is up to you. the true geishas, to dispel this conception. The true geisha's life is her art. Study hard and always strive for its perfection." Soon afterward, the school star pupil, vivacious, 19-year-old Mariko, was awarded top prize for the year for having earned some $5,300 in declared income and an estimated $14,000 more...
...Fact & Fission. P.R.D.C. did much to dispel these fears last week by submitting the testimony of five top-drawer atom scientists and reactor experts. Their verdict, summarized by Professor Hans A. Bethe of Cornell University: "By the application of theoretical physics to what we now know, a fast-breeder reactor can be constructed and operated without undue risk to the public ... its operation is safe." Furthermore, AEC stressed that its Monroe permit is only for the construction of the plant, not its operation. Unless all the bugs are worked out of the fast breeder by the time the plant...