Word: dispelled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...company announced that it had entered into an agreement with Citibank, the second largest banking organization in the U.S., to assist the bank's millionaire clients in acquiring artworks for investment. Though Sotheby's insists that the arrangement contains sufficient built-in checks and balances to dispel any suspicion of conflict of interest, many people in the art world are skeptical of any deal whereby an auction house may in effect end up supporting its own market. Says David Bathurst, Christie's New York president: "Using art as an investment scares the hell out of me. There...
...dispel Soviet fears that the new weapons represent a threat to peace, the U.S. is expected to announce that it will withdraw about 1,000 of 6,000 nuclear warheads now based in Western Europe. In addition, NATO next week will almost certainly propose negotiating with the U.S.S.R. a further reduction of nuclear forces in Europe. Deciding the precise terms of this call for arms talks will be one of the main items before NATO Foreign Ministers. Because neither the Pershing II nor the cruise will be ready for deployment for at least three years, some NATO governments hope that...
Despite the lopsided score and a few pleasant surprises, the meet did little to dispel the doubts that linger around Harvard's chances in many of the events...
...freshman, St. Louis led the team in goals, scoring 17 times. To dispel any comments about beginner's luck, she came back the next year with 20 goals and the top scorer's title again. It would be no surprise to anyone if she repeated the performance this fall...
Horner said she hopes freshmen would not take Mark Twain's advice that it is "better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and dispel all doubt" too seriously...