Word: discredit
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This reasoning does not even attempt to meet the necessary burden of proof. Such arguments discredit the academic rigor of this institution and signal an ominous start to President Summers’ second year...
...make a little cash. A boom in illegal sports gambling has tainted China's soccer league, which uncovered a slew of crooked referees and players fixing games last year. But Fan adamantly denies any wrongdoing, and soccer pundits speculate that Chinese authorities may be encouraging the controversy to discredit him. One of the few Chinese players to make it overseas, Fan, who plays for the Scottish side Dundee, has criticized his home country's league for its outmoded ways. "This is a good way to get Fan to shut up," says a Chinese sportswriter based in Beijing. "Even...
...case against Ellsberg was dismissed in 1973, after it was revealed that Nixon aides had broken into the office of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist in an effort to discredit...
...told several people in the magazine's Boston-area office of the relationship. "She was having fun," says a staff member. "She didn't raise any ethical concerns. She was on Cloud 9." At one point, she reportedly flaunted an expensive bracelet--a gift from Welch. "Much to our discredit," the staffer says, "no one came forward to challenge her the way we should have." Kiechel has organized a task force to clarify guidelines about author- subject fraternization. How this will affect Wetlaufer remains to be seen; her publicist says the relationship with Welch continues...
...thinking I knew what the counter-protesters stood for. I figured that if the protesters were pro-human rights and anti-occupation, then surely the counter-protesters must have been anti-human rights and pro-occupation? They were, after all, staging a loud and angry counter-protest intending to discredit the Palestinian rights supporters...