Word: blemish
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Crusaders senior Lynette Zickl found some space in front of the net and forced one past junior goalie Katie Shields. That would prove to be Shields’ only blemish of the afternoon, making three easy saves in 72 minutes, before yielding to backup junior Julia James...
Truth is truth and plagiarism is plagiarism no matter who uncovers it or when and Professor Dershowitz should understand that. Just because a story in a conservative publication might be a blemish on the otherwise distinguished writing career of a liberal professor is no excuse for putting on ideological blinders and condemning the source of the story. Even liberal icons are human beings and they sometimes make mistakes. A few mistakes do not invalidate an entire body of work but they need to be corrected. Professor Tribe acknowledged and regrets his mistake and he showed his maturity in making...
...Ogletree’s “serious scholarly transgression”—so deemed by Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan—not only leaves a blemish on the renowned professor’s resume and reveals a ludicrous double standard, it is also indicative of an alarming trend currently threatening the legitimacy of the work of those in academia; that is, the extensive use of research assistants and students to do much of a project’s grunt work. Of course, it’s entirely legitimate to acquire help from assistants, but that...
...radio ads. In 2002, two years after Oprah Winfrey got scanned--and bubbled enthusiastically about the experience--32 million Americans shelled out as much as $1,000 apiece to get their bodies X-rayed in thin slices and reassembled into 3-D images detailed enough to show every blemish, scar and incipient tumor. The numbers are down slightly, owing to the economic downturn and, perhaps, repeated warnings that if you are relatively healthy, the scans will probably do you more harm than good...
...number of shows filmed in HDTV grows, actors and actresses are facing the ugly truth: HDTV gives new meaning to the word close-up. In high definition, no wart, wrinkle or blemish is safe from the camera's eye, forcing makeup artists to scramble for cover-ups. "Everything shows," says veteran sitcom makeup man Tommy Cole. "Everything is clearer, and the contrast is sharper. Some people are very worried...