Word: taint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Though the nation's BLOOD SUPPLY is still considered safe, a study shows that nearly 2% of donors don't reveal when they've had unprotected gay male sex, used intravenous drugs or engaged in other behavior that might taint their blood...
...have the cleverness or clout to head off mistakes or remedy them. Last week, just before the bombing, the police were getting ready to deliver their verdict on allegedly corrupt deals behind his misguided appointment of a thoroughly underqualified Attorney General. Even if Netanyahu escapes direct taint, two close aides could face indictment...
...Deans Knowles and Lewis are truly committed to the betterment of Harvard, they will rethink their decision to increase the size of future entering classes. No matter how talented the pools of applicants, the College should not take steps which require it to taint the residential housing system and its commitment to diversity. These two pillars of the Harvard vision, after all, are significant parts of what makes it such an attractive college in the first place...
...ending, when Arnold turns into Turbo Man, is preposterous, though perhaps no more so than the uncanny interspecies communication of Dalmatians. But the technical sophistication of these trick-laden films appeals to older kids in a way that classic animation--which bears a kid-stuff taint--often does not. It may be the ultimate merchandising tool. And one we're going to see more...
...size of Western Europe, is already at risk. Only Mobutu's will and wizardry have held the place together for so long. His style of rule combines charisma with a flair for draconian repression. (As part of an "authenticity campaign" in the '70s to divest Zaire of its European taint, he outlawed bow ties, public kissing and Christmas.) But he also successfully marketed his country to the West as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in Africa, until the collapse of the Soviet Union robbed him of his usefulness...