Word: besmircher
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...contacts to engage more at a local level wherever they have operations in Africa. A second explanation is that China, now restored to the world's top table, wants to play by the rules and do what the other big boys do - but in a way that does not besmirch its virtue as a noncolonial power. Expect China to continue pretending to be Sudan's benevolent senior partner, only interested in helping its less fortunate sibling to develop...
...long as the Republican Party bears popular association with right-leaning politics, these CRs will besmirch the name of conservatism. Indeed, they deny the first rule of any conservative deserving of the title—the code of civility, that of the gentleman...
...Kesayeva entertained no hope that the authorities would accept Savelyev's findings. "They'll besmirch him, like they have been besmirching all of us for not dying along with our children," she says. Still, she believes that one day, "the Russian authorities, responsible for Beslan, will have to answer for that...
...miraculous transformations into a sheepdog seem to have no real cause. They just happen whenever the filmmakers feel the need to elicit a cheap laugh or drive the flaccid plot forward. Indeed, “The Shaggy Dog” is one of the most contrived films to besmirch the good name of American cinema...
Consequently, I was also deeply saddened at his death last week. My sadness was further compounded by my disappointment in Harvard’s response to his gift several years ago to establish a chair in Islamic Studies. That a small group was able to besmirch the name of such an extraordinary leader is just one more example of behavior that is becoming increasingly prevalent in the U.S. That The Crimson would choose to act as a passive conduit of biased information without feeling the need to uphold any standard of journalistic integrity, is also extremely disappointing...