Word: taint
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...succession of hits, dabbling in the higher-IQ type of comedy (Stranger Than Fiction), cameoing in his friends' films, occasionally lending his luster to indies nobody sees. One of these, Winter Passing, grossed all of $101,228. But that's just pro bono work; these small flops don't taint him. The films Ferrell has starred in have grossed $876,885,086 at the North American box office. It'd be a stretch, but Blades of Glory could bring him up to the $1 billion mark...
...Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture." JIANG HONGBIN Chinese legislator, renewing calls for the closure of a controversial Starbucks outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City, during China's National People's Congress...
...Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture...
...first, and bitterest, campaigns against a President's course in wartime was mounted by the Federalist Party. The Federalists, followers of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, had accomplished great things during the 1790s. But they suffered from the taint of élitism and in the election of 1800 lost the White House and Congress to their enemies, the Republicans (ancestors of today's Democrats). Federalism shrank to a regional bloc based in New England...
...ended on a high note. The Federalist Party ended on a low one. It carried a new taint: defeatism and treason. The last Federalist presidential candidate ran in 1816, carrying only three states. Federalism became a political cussword; decades later, a young Abraham Lincoln would joke that his enemies accused...