Word: blemishing
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Winans, whose brother Christopher, 33, is a Journal copy editor, apparently had at least one blemish on his record. At the Trentonian, a New Jersey tabloid on which he worked as a reporter for four years, former colleagues say that Winans once pirated details from other reporters' notes and used them to write a freelance article that he then sold to the New York Times. He was reprimanded by a Trentonian editor and did not repeat the practice...
...team has made a remarkable turnaround since the Leverett House resident took over at the helm. After the Dartmouth game, they were 2-2-1. Since Princeton, they are 3-0-1, the only blemish on their record coming in a tic against heavily favored, non-league opponent, Holy Cross...
...emphasis goes on the first part of that quote. Because the tie--whether you cite the horrendous conditions, the inspired Harvard defense. Jim Villanueva's superb punting. Holy Cross's missed fourth-quarter field goal, whatever--marked the first blemish on the 16-point favorite's 1983 record...
Actually, he didn't make it. Sixty-three yards after he crossed the line of serimmage, linebacker Pete Gundermann nabbed Ernst from behind. It didn't stop Harvard from scoring the tying (7-7) touchdown-a Gizzi keeper six plays later-but it did blemish the run in the eyes of Ernst. "I was a little disappointed," the Clinton, Mass, native said...
...Western Europe to argue against the European Community's 1980 Venice Declaration, which recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization and called for a Palestinian state. He also struck up what one aide calls an "instant chemistry" with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz. Shamir's only major blemish appeared last February when the Kahan commission of inquiry reprimanded him severely for having failed to verify early reports of the massacre of more than 700 Palestinians in two Beirut refugee camps. Despite that omission, his standing within Israel remains unshakable. Says a U.S. official who knows him well...