Word: blemished
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...third straight year, the Harvard women’s tennis team swept through the Ivy League schedule without a single blemish, and for the third straight year, its impressive play was recognized by the NCAA tournament selection committee...
...Hyundai's staff. A premium had always been placed on making cars quickly and cheaply. Even Suh, who is in charge of Hyundai's quality-improvement efforts, admits, "When I first came to Hyundai, I, too, didn't think quality cars were important." But the new chairman made blemish-free manufacturing the top priority. To break down interdivisional barriers, Chung forced designers, engineers and factory managers to work as a team by creating joint committees to examine blueprints of new models and weed out potential defects. Twice a month, Chung summons senior managers of Hyundai and Kia into a conference...
...sure. I would do it in a shot. But I think we'd almost be even more shy about it the next time because when you've had a wonderful experience you so do not want to put a blemish on it. But you can't think like that. We've just got to share the same madness for a few moments, and it will happen. That's all it comes down...
However, though the election did not fall prey to forecasts of doom, there are certainly issues that must be addressed. The troublingly low turnout of Sunni voters, estimated to be as little as 20 percent of those eligible, stands out as a main blemish on an otherwise admirable effort on the part of the Iraqi government and the United States armed forces. It is not yet known with any certainty exactly why Sunni turnout was so low; while many voters might have stayed away in protest, it seems likely that were kept away because of poll closings, inadequate ballots...
...Huskies are also riding a winning streak tracing back to September whose only blemish was the loss to the Crimson two weeks...