Word: besmirching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...carried several uniformed men with guns. Who were they? Rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)? Not likely: the car was spotted several times in broad daylight in areas controlled by the Indonesian military (T.N.I.). More likely, we thought, the passengers were soldiers deliberately misusing press stickers to besmirch our independent and noncombatant status, and to draw us into the line of fire by making vehicles carrying journalists legitimate targets of either GAM or the T.N.I...
...Besmirch! Besmirch!,” a spectator cried out, egging Sack...
...Toilet" shot should be popular PRINCESS METTE-MARIT Norwegian cancels tour after nasty sunburn. What we shouldn't overlook is how hard this woman worked to get a sunburn in Scandinavia JOHN WAYNE BOBBITT Ex-eunuch dropped from Celebrity Boxing after assault arrest. Smart move, Bobbitt would totally besmirch the show's pristine reputation...
...dioceses adopted hardball legal tactics that abused victims all over again. A group of 39 plaintiffs have been battling the diocese of Providence, R.I., for as long as 10 years to get recompense for alleged abuse at the hands of 11 priests. Church lawyers attack the victims' credibility and besmirch their families. They bombard victims with as many as 500 written questions, demand 30 years' worth of tax returns, require names and dates for every doctor visited back to age 12. They cross-examine mothers about their children's sex lives. "It's intimidation," says Lee White...