Presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood took the opportunity to praise Matthew, as they are fans of Tiswas, and also to dispel recent tabloid rumours of Dick and Dom resurrecting Tiswas on ITV.

To dispel persistent rumours that the emperor had been poisoned, the Qing court produced documents and doctors ' records suggesting that Guangxu died from natural causes, but these did not successfully divert suspicion.

To dispel the said rumours, the Electress compelled him to make an appearance — his last one — in 1729, on the feast day of the patron saint of Florence, John the Baptist.

Capello did little to dispel the rumours when he remarked " I like the spirit of English football and I would like to work in English football " adding that it was an honour to be pursued by the club.

He subsequently returned to Britain at the request of Victor Rothschild, who asked Wright to help dispel rumours that Rothschild was a Soviet agent.

A photograph of Yeltsin was released to dispel rumours about his health, which actually inflamed the situation when it emerged that it appeared to be a staged photograph based on a photograph taken some months earlier.

If anything, he sometimes went out of his way to dispel doping rumours.

Through these studies on gifted children, Terman hoped to find how to properly educate a gifted child as well as dispel the negative stereotypes that that gifted children were “ conceited, freakish, socially eccentric, and ”.

When they had gone, he stood for a minute breathing in the mustiness of old paper and leather which the busily thrumming air conditioner couldn't quite dispel.

The Bundaberg Rum Distillery admitted it was aware its brand had a reputation of being associated with aggression, and said it may change its advertising to dispel its " yobbo " image.

In May she went public with this information in order to highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful women and to dispel false rumors that had been very painful for her friends and family.

The following year, in preparation for the Salon de la Section d ' Or, Metzinger and Gleizes wrote and published Du " Cubisme " in an effort to dispel the confusion raging around the word, and as a major defence of Cubism ( which had caused a public scandal following the 1911 Salon des Indépendants and the 1912 Salon d ' Automne in Paris ).

Lindsay had done little to dispel the myth that the story is based on truth, in many interviews either refusing to confirm it was entirely fiction, or hinting that parts of the book were fictitious, and others were not.

Although Acheson and Truman had hoped that the study would dispel rumors and conjecture, the paper helped to convince many critics that the administration had indeed failed to check the spread of communism in China.

The Declaration of Liberated Europe did little to dispel the sphere of influence agreements that had been incorporated into armistice agreements.

Wang also tried to dispel rumors that Ma had received affirmative action in his applications to Jianguo High School ( 建國高級中學 ) and the National Taiwan University with an " overseas Chinese " status.

Zhou Zheng has pointed out that one TLV mirror dating to the reign of Wang Mang ( 9 – 23 ) has an inscription that includes the words " Carved with a Liubo board pattern to dispel misfortune " ( 刻具博局去不羊 ), which suggests that the main purpose of the Liubo pattern on mirrors was ritual, and that the pattern had a special significance beyond game-playing.

By the time she released her second English album Celine Dion, she had assumed more control of the production and recording process, hoping to dispel earlier criticisms.

A brilliant way to bring in new teams and permanently dispel the notion that good questions had to be hard questions was conceived by Kelly McKenzie, star player of the University of Kentucky team, who created and edited the first ACF Fall tournament, held in November 2001.

Time magazine pointed to the game's relative failure as evidence the franchise had lost its touch, a notion the developers of Myst IV: Revelation sought to dispel.

To dispel the strong rumors Monsenor Román Arrieta, Archbishop of San José and President of the Episcopal Conference was obliged to pronounce himself acknowledging José María Figueres had been baptized a Roman Catholic.

Life's photographer was referred to The Tool Box by Hal Call, leader of the San Francisco chapter of the Mattachine Society, who had long worked to dispel the myth that all homosexual men were effeminate.

A decade of relative peace followed, though the Addis Ababa Agreement failed to dispel the tensions that had originally caused civil war.

Jane Norgrove, in her efforts to dispel " all this nonsense about a conspiracy ," simply raised new concerns when she claimed that she had wiped her tape after giving a copy to The Sun: " I want to make clear that the Enquirers tape was nothing to do with me [...] I thought I'd better speak to the Sun again, in case people thought it was me.

The French then publicly displayed Boukman's head in an attempt to dispel the aura of invincibility that Boukman had cultivated.

The first night of the riot, Dinkins, along with Police Commissioner Lee Brown, both African Americans, went to Crown Heights to dispel the false rumors about the circumstances surrounding the accident, but they had no impact on the rioters, most of whom were young black men.

Thorn and Nelson had worked at Radio K in its early days, and remained on the station's advisory board until they were hired for " The Current " ( they resigned from the board to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest ).

Prus, the " lamplighter " who had striven to dispel darkness and its attendant " fear, error and crime ," had failed to sufficiently interest the public in his " observatory of societal facts ," Nowiny.

However, the agreement that ended the First Sudanese Civil War's fighting in 1972 failed to completely dispel the tensions that had originally caused it, leading to a reigniting of the north-south conflict during the Second Sudanese Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2005.

The Royal Manchester Institution ( RMI ) was an English learned society founded on 1 October 1823 at a public meeting held in the Exchange Room by Manchester merchants, local artists and others keen to dispel the image of Manchester as a city lacking in culture and taste.

Leigh explained that she played " as many different parts as possible " in an attempt to learn her craft and to dispel prejudice about her abilities.

According to Josephus, Berenice requested this marriage to dispel rumors that she and her brother were carrying on an incestuous relationship, with Polemon being persuaded to this union mostly on account of her wealth.

Ico can dispel these shadows using a stick or sword and pull Yorda free if she is drawn into a vortex.

She would have them daily, because she was once told " therein lurked a magic which would dispel all diseases and blights from her beauty.

She was examined several times to dispel the accusation that she was of African American descent.

No antidote in the world can dispel the poison from her Goth Rapier and only the " Ring of Ymir " can purge its poison, which she possesses.

Concurrently, she also appealed to Taiwanese people to donate their bodies for medical training, attempting to dispel traditional taboos in the process.

Although she does affirm that Idol Worship is contrary to Christian doctrine, but she bravely used this same idol to dispel a belief in false gods.

A party making a plea in bar could either traverse the other side's pleading ( i. e., deny all or some of the facts pleaded ) or confess and avoid it ( i. e., admit the facts pleaded but plead new ones that would dispel their effect ).

With culturally sensitive and age-appropriate content, the program is designed to educate children, parents and teachers about cancer and dispel common misconceptions about childhood cancer, instill healthy habits in children that could prevent the development of adult cancer, and increase children ’ s overall interest in science and scientific careers.

Having thighs which steal the heart of Kameshwara, Having knees which looked like crowns made of precious gems, having voluptuous legs, having upper part of the feet resembling the back of tortoise, Having feet which resembled the lamps made of gems which could dispel worries from the mind of devotees and a body with the golden red colour.

In order to dispel that suspicion, the Court reasoned a brief seizure of the luggage could be justified.