Word: smearing
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...their own work assignments, and for every one to "have a lot of fun and excitement, the kids and the teachers." The children, who are never seen or heard, challenge her with their own brand of stimulation. They come in one day and cut up the goldfish and smear excrement on the school walls...
Sixteen sets of fingerprints. A revealing smear of red paint. Ballistics tests on high-powered rifle bullets. A collection of such solid clues has raised serious new questions about the official investigation into the brutal murder late last year of three American nuns and a lay religious worker in El Salvador. But TIME has learned that while the inquiry has turned up an impressive amount of hard evidence about what took place, Salvadoran authorities are stonewalling, stubbornly refusing to press the inquiry to the point where their own security forces might become implicated...
...microbus bore a smear of red paint, where it had apparently scraped against another vehicle. Peasants in the area reported seeing the microbus being towed by a red vehicle...
...prevention of cancer seems to be the emphasis of future research. The Pap Smear, a simple test for women's cervical cancer and the Ames procedure, which identifies chemicals as carcinogens, have gained in popularity. Also, self-examination of the breasts has become a more effective method of early detection and prevention. The ultimate goal of research in cures and prevention--the elimination of any deaths from cancer--remains a distant dream. But, with hope, the numbers of deaths can be reduced to much lower levels than those of today...
...then high interest rates ruined the housing market. He moved from a five-bedroom house to a three-bedroom apartment and sold the family car, yet still could not keep up with his bills. Nevertheless, like many others in the same situation, what bothers him most is the smear on his record. This week he planned to seek a court order directing Amtrak to reinstate him. "It wasn't right," he says. "I want to be completely vindicated...