Word: impugns
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...been willing to stamp - rubber-stamp policies that have done injury to our troops and to their families." But even Rand Beers, his national security adviser in the 2004 campaign, said: "It's unfortunate that Senator Kerry misspoke. No one who has ever been in combat would intentionally impugn our brave troops...
...evidence is scant that either politician is benefiting from the tactic, which lately has all but squeezed out meaningful discussion of issues like taxes, education and health care. Instead, in relentless TV ads, Blagojevich and Topinka have tried to impugn the ethical standards of the other by invoking Ryan, the current poster boy of scandal in a state where questionable patronage practices have rarely before been a political liability. Blagojevich uses old footage of Topinka, a former member of the Ryan administration, practically swooning as she praises the former governor as "a damn decent guy." Topinka, who has never been...
...dangerous and difficult work to infiltrate the Mafia, or a Triad, but dedicated and clever officers still try. Should police who cannot gather enough evidence to secure a conviction be able to imprison people without charge? It does not take much knowledge of human nature - nor does it impugn the integrity of the police - to guess whether their evidence-gathering efforts will thereafter be intensified or relaxed. And relaxation of vigilance may prove a deeper danger...
...reflecting on their criticism of the Corps, however, the reporters were careful not to impugn the Corps’ goals...
...tendencies, the venomous op-ed referred to him as “Ayatollah Summers.” I have not spoken to the author of the piece—I’ve only admired his work from afar—so I can’t impugn his motives or question his stated intentions. All I know is that the op-ed made me uneasy. I saw Ayatollah Summers as a thinly-veiled substitute for “Rabbi Summers” or something similar. That op-ed is the main reason Paulin’s free speech supporters...