Word: blemish
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...Look at the records. Football is 5-1, and its only blemish came in a rain-soaked, ugly game that it should have...
...corners in just the first seven minutes of play. Then only minutes later, Harvard gave the Badgers a sixth attempt on which Wisconsin was finally able to convert. Off of a perfect cross, a diving Badger forward headed the ball in past a diving Mann. It was the only blemish on the standout keeper’s card on the day. But after the goal, the Crimson responded, picking up the tempo and eventually regaining control of the ball. And in the end, the team came just inches of a post away from a victory...
...Chicagoans are still on edge. Their mayor, Richard M. Daley, has led a dazzling economic and cultural renaissance during his nearly 20-year rule. Yet, for all Daley's success, his police department remains a blemish on his legacy. Weis was named to the job in November, following the resignation of the last superintendent, Philip Cline, in April 2007, amid a series of department scandals. They included an apparently drunken off-duty officer who was videotaped beating a female bartender. In September, federal authorities charged a member of the department's elite special operations unit with planning a colleague...
...Less than three weeks later, McCain endured 5½ hours of surgery to remove a patch of skin including the blemish, roughly 5 cm (2 in.) wide. The diagnosis: Stage 2A melanoma, an invasive form of skin cancer that claims the lives of up to 34% of those diagnosed within 10 years. Doctors also made an incision down his left cheek to remove lymph nodes in his neck in case the cancer had spread; they found it had not. The surgery left a large scar, and for weeks McCain retreated from public view to recover...
...first set but then rebounded and won seven straight sets to put himself on firm footing for the 6-3, 6-2 victory.Kumar won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 and Clayton won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2.HARVARD 5, YALE 2Despite the blemish in the score, Harvard’s performance against Yale on Friday showed that the team was ready to assume the Ivy League crown.After winning the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and 3, the Crimson quickly pounced on the Bulldogs, clinching the match with three singles victories from the bottom...