Word: tarnish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that has already toppled several of Japan's leading business and political figures. Not since former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was convicted of taking bribes from Lockheed during the mid-'70s have the Japanese been so shaken by disclosures of official wrongdoing. As the scandal spreads, it threatens to tarnish Japan's image abroad and to undermine the country's confidence in its businessmen and politicians...
...slyly to insinuate that such abuses are "common knowledge." The collective trial and sentencing of club members in the court of campus opinion has left us a bit baffled. Critics of the clubs have adopted the desperate tactic of deliberately and viciously slandering the clubs in order to tarnish their reputation and dissuade potential members from joining. It doesn't matter to them if any of the stories are true...
...scandal is the third in the past five years to tarnish Hungary's most popular spectator sport, but political pressure largely buried previous investigations. Three years ago, several of the country's best players received timely pardons so they could represent Hungary in the 1986 World Cup. The latest scandal has triggered a groundswell of anger aimed not only at the corruption that tinges Hungary's most popular sport but also at a system of behind-the-back favors that touches virtually every aspect of life. But the new government of Communist Party leader Karoly Grosz is headlining this latest...
...When news of the scandal becomes public, Chicago is in shock. The possibility of actual players, the immortal heroes of the city, sacrificing their talent for a few quick bucks is unthinkable in the untarnished world of baseball. Yet Sayles succeeds in bringing his point across. Innocence will always tarnish, whether it be love, war or baseball...
...streets again if he doesn't grant them some concessions. It is doubtful that Gorbachev will agree to redraw the boundaries, which would only encourage similar demands by other nationalities. Nor, if he can help it, is he likely to resort to a military crackdown that would tarnish his reform image at home and abroad. Perhaps his greatest advantage is that the Armenian people remain relatively loyal to the Soviet Union and seem to trust him personally...