SOME United Nations officials play down his significance, while others have called for him to be "demystified".
Francis Wilkinson, a former chief constable of Gwent, is one of a growing number of serving and former police officers who believe the current law on drugs is in urgent need of reform: "It is time that cannabis was debated, demystified and decriminalised," he says.
Lord George realised the bank had to be demystified if it was to become a place of real seriousness.Yet he was also less than a moderniser.
The magic of witches' brooms is thus demystified.
America's mutual-fund revolution during the 1990s demystified Wall Street for millions of Americans.
By selling attractive spectacles at low prices in proper shops, he demystified the profession, uprooted a cosy oligopoly, and built up Europe's biggest chain of discount opticians, with a turnover last year of DM1 billion ($600m).
When he stopped, in 1991, he had guided viewers through a series of general elections, demystified a couple of royal weddings and a moon landing ("There it is, the old Moon the one the cow jumped over") and presented the news several thousand times.Although he sometimes worked for the BBC, he preferred the more lowbrow independent television.
It is certainly true that labelling wines by their grapes has demystified the appreciation of wine (even French winemakers are now adopting the habit).
Much is thus demystified, and in a most readable way.
"Jamie's demystified it".In this section Justice on trial A Balkan mess Here today, gone tomorrow Oliver gets some more In search of Schwarzenegger Smallness pays No more Maltese falcon A golden age?
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