Word: taints
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...family, he maintained she had given him some of the belongings and he was safeguarding the rest. Last week the Queen supported his contention when - eureka! - she recalled a conversation she had with Burrell after Diana's death in which he told her of his cache, thereby removing any taint of theft and any basis for prosecution. And any hope that a royal would disclose what life is really like behind palace walls...
...earlier films (Roja, Bombay, Dil Se) Ratnam has set personal stories inside the cataclysmic events that have marked India's past decade. Here he suggests that no one, not even a bright, questing child, is safe from their taint. But this being a Bollywood-style musical?though with a Southern accent?a war-torn world can still sing, dance and hope. In that sense, A Peck on the Cheek suited the festival perfectly. It is an art film that is also tender entertainment. It shows people coping with national tragedies. And, like Toronto, the movie is?in the very best...
...John Rigas, and two of his sons as if they were armed and dangerous, FBI agents gave former WorldCom executives Scott Sullivan and David Myers the same star treatment, parading the handcuffed quarry in an early-morning perp walk and prompting Sullivan's lawyer to complain about "the unfair taint of the current political climate...
...rational, calculating decision maker. They had no evidence he suffered from mental illness. He was not exactly reckless but was comfortable wielding absolute power, using naked force and taking risks. He was wary and opportunistic and relied only on himself to make decisions. And his sense of mission could taint his judgment...
...total separation of business activities with contrasting self-interests would do the most good, and will likely be the outcome (at least in the case of auditing and consulting firms, since those companies have the taint of Enron). Such will likely not be the case for Wall Street analysts and bankers, since those firms are less exposed and can always cry caveat emptor, effectively saying that investors must take responsibility for their own losses. On that note, they have a point, but the presumed skepticism of his readers does not excuse Blodget of fraud in publicly praising stocks that...