Word: tainted
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...after a charming pair of children. Margery Hellmold, with a strong, cultivated voice, rejoices in the fact that the children are so sweet, happy and loving. But we listen with a sense of forboding. For in the music there is a undercurrent of fear. And there is a sinister taint to the subtly gothic set designed by the well known author and illustrator Edward Gorey...
There were catcalls, however, from some Democrats and fellow intellectuals who claimed that any involvement in a Reagan Government would taint her beyond redemption. "That bothered me," she admitted. She was convinced that she had undertaken a higher calling. "The United Nations was a marvelous place for me," she said. "I was not there as a Republican or Democrat, I was there representing America. And that is the way they thought...
...Johnson combines a mesmerizing screen presence with a powerful voice. Both tenor Domingo and baritone Raimondi are also on the mark, although their acting is stiffer than Mignes-Johnson's. One only hopes that the soundtrack has been doctored as little as possible, because that would add a technological taint to what appears to be a wholly natural and soaring film...
Although his actions have prompted scorn and snickering during his campaign for a second term, two things usually fatal to a politician, the fervently conservative Senator has demonstrated a Teflon resistance to lasting taint. The Des Moines Register poll conducted last spring showed him 16 points behind his opponent, Democratic Congressman Tom Harkin, but the Register poll released last week gave the Senator a 50%-to-41% lead. Jepsen has appealed to Iowa voters by claiming to be a victim of "character assassination." At a Republican state convention, he won sympathy by saying he had been "stripped of all worldly...
...question the press should concern itself with is whether even the suspicion of sleaze should be thrust into the spotlight, given the near impossibility of removing the taint of allegations. Reputations take years to build and minutes to destroy...