Word: besmirchment
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...appear all that natural to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., corporate guardian of Tarzan's good name. An R-rated Tarzan, the Ape Man? One produced by and starring the sexiest number in "10,"and directed by her husband John? Convinced that the film would besmirch the jungle lord's reputation, the Burroughs estate went to court. Last week in Manhattan, Federal Judge Henry Werker previewed the film and re-viewed two earlier MGM versions of Burroughs' first Tarzan novel. His "suggestion": that MGM cut four sequences displaying Bo in various stages of undress. According to John Derek...
Lefever's bitter resignation letter to Reagan began: "I am blameless of the charges and innuendoes against my integrity and my compassion. I do not wish any longer to put up with the kind of suspicion and character assassination that some of my adversaries have used to besmirch my name...
During the past year, Bulgaria's President Todor Zhivkov has been trying to improve relations with the West. Bulgaria claims that Markov and Simeonov were liquidated by Western intelligence services seeking to besmirch the country's image. To lend credence to that pitch, the regime offered to help British authorities dealing with the case. It was an offer the British just might be able to refuse...
...without pretense that the 1967 setback was an exception in our history. I came out of the ranks of these forces and have lived their traditions. [Their] record was magnificent, but our enemies-old and new imperialism and world Zionism-tried to [besmirch] this record so as to make the nation doubt its shield and its sword...
...bottomed reservoir could serve as a metaphor for urban malaise. Last week, in the wake of Marcus' cleanup, Jerome Park Reservoir was as spotless as the bottom of a washed soup bowl, but the Lindsay Administration was murky with implications of corruption. In the first major scandal to besmirch Lindsay's two-year-old (out of four) administration, Marcus was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of accepting a $16,000 kickback on the $835,669.39 reservoir cleaning contract...