LEAHY: If I can respond to... KYL: If there's ever a question about Judge Sotomayor's stamina in a very hot room, that question has been dispelled without any doubt whatsoever.
It's perhaps worth noting that every 6 Music presenter contacted for this piece felt it necessary to dispel that view, without prompting.
"He's been accused of being too close to business and this is a convenient way to dispel that notion without really changing anything," says one.But with numerous fine legal points at issue, the outcome is uncertain.
The two share a spirit: it ain't so much what is that they sing about, but what ought to be, dispelling gloom without denying it exists.
He jabbed the colt in the ribs-an old horseleech's trick to make an animal exhale audible-without dispelling his suspicions, & then began calling in veterinarians.
Instead, we need to dispel rumors and debunk myths without repeating the misinformation; rely on a compelling, proactive narrative; and realize that more information is not necessarily better.
Before I go further, here's an anecdote that might help set the tone for what I'm about to try to say, which I worry has the potential to come across all wrong unless I manage to dispel certain widely shared assumptions without unduly setting anyone off.
