Word: dispell
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...furor over the proposed legislation goes a long way to dispel the myth that Hong Kong people are only worried about their pocket books. However, they have more than adequate reason to be worried about money matters as well. Back in 1997, Donald Tsang, the then financial secretary and now number two in the administration, assured Hong Kongers that the worst of the financial crisis would be over by the end of the year. And that Hong Kong was likely to fare better than other Asian countries caught in the financial whirlwind. Instead, the crisis got a lot worse...
...clear that the common knowledge is wrong. For example, one abortion urban myth is that for the first several months of gestation “products of conception” (a popular euphemism in the 1980s) are just undifferentiated blobs of cells. We hope that our pictures and posters dispel this myth...
...associate professor at Harvard, Herbert set out to dispel prevailing notions about the causes of anemia, a blood disorder most commonly caused by a lack of iron...
...Institute for Defence Studies in London, warns that the large numbers of Middle Eastern students in the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria "could be breeding grounds for terrorist activities." The arrest in London of a North African who had lived in Slovakia for a year did nothing to dispel these fears. Rabah Kadre and two other North African Muslims were arrested under the Terrorism Act, but their specific offense remained a mystery. British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dismissed reports that they had been plotting a cyanide-gas attack in the London Underground. But newspapers said they had received...
...decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to call new elections, it's highly unlikely there will be progress anytime soon on peace initiatives in the Middle East. But that doesn't mean the U.S. should be idle. If it is to gain trust in the Arab world and dispel the notion that it will support Israel no matter what, the Administration needs to spell out publicly what the Palestinians must do to win U.S. support for their longed-for state. Washington should also show what it believes the boundaries of such a state should be, with real maps...