Word: discredit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...danger of such an invasion can easily be used to discredit those who would relax the disenfranchisement laws. There is little politically to be gained from such a position, and much that can be lost--what candidate will take a controversial position to woo a group that cannot vote...
...fraternity and its members have cooperated to the fullest with the deans and have been nothing but open to a dialogue with the University. We invite the administration to express their concerns to us directly rather than attempting to publicly discredit our organization, about which they have limited knowledge...
...Clinton and Lewinsky both said discussions over returning the gifts occurred prior to the Paula Jones case, the discrepancy can hardly count toward an obstruction of justice charge. Tripp's troubles -- a Radio Shack store now says it warned her that wiretapping was illegal -- may help to discredit one of Ken Starr's central witnesses. Lindsey, of course, is hardly likely to be loose-lipped. And yet their combined presence may serve to bring the scandal back to the forefront of media attention -- in the same way $75 million worth of cruise missiles helped to push it away...
That final image of a woman being auctioned off to satisfy some male ego was more than enough to discredit any arguments in favor of strip clubs that Lloyd Hendricks and Al Zuccarini made in our hour-long discussion. More than enough to reserve my right to be disgusted by the success Big Al's has found in Peoria--this supposed cradle of middle American values and attitudes...
...told its viewers, was a country of "order and prosperity." One young historian argued that Nicholas was a statesman of almost supernatural insight, though he gave himself away when he went on to suggest that Rasputin--the Czarina's "spiritual adviser" whose scandalous reputation did so much to discredit the Czar--was given a raw deal. The guiding logic of the programs seemed to be that if the Bolsheviks hated Nicholas, he must have been a wonderful...