Word: tainting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even trendiness itself, or at least the slavish chronicling of consumer ephemera, has the taint of the passe. Many magazines that served as arbiters of hipness have gone out of business, including Egg, 7 Days, Smart and Fame. In the meantime, Vanity Fair thrives by sticking to cover subjects that have the rosy glow of maturity: Farrah and Ryan, Sly Stallone, Madonna. At the same time, such magazines as Workbench, Homeowner and 1001 Home Ideas are briskly building up their circulation. One of the hottest newcomers is Countryside, a Hearst glossy about the virtues of conservation, rural landscapes and life...
...couple make love by the dye vat, a long bolt of red fabric unravels past Ju Dou's face: an ornament to her ecstasy and a hint of the blood to be spilled. The lovers cannot wash out the stain of their passion. This is a movie about taint...
Writing in dissent, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the existence of one-race schools in a previously segregated district was "inherently unequal," regardless of the reason. In view of the "unique harm" associated with school segregation, he said, the offending district should be held accountable for any taint of separateness until it had been entirely removed...
Most Surprising Taint Pristine Minnesota was sullied by a thin layer of political grime. In July, Republican David Durenberger was denounced by the Senate for unethical conduct. Three months later, G.O.P. candidate Jon Grunseth abandoned the gubernatorial race after charges arose that he had skinny-dipped with teenage girls nine years...
...secured by the actor's Beverly Hills estate. Hamilton later sold the home to a buyer close to Marcos. While Hamilton's lawyer conceded that his client may have been a "tool for someone," he argued that the actor "would not knowingly participate in any transaction that has any taint...