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...airport until the items were returned, more than 80 CD players, pocket recorders, miniature televisions, and electric razors suddenly -- and anonymously -- were handed over to the police. The incident has profoundly embarrassed the historically black university and given rise to concerns that the students' behavior will further tarnish the negative opinion of blacks already held by many Japanese...
...action of a few people doesn't necessarilytarnish the council any more than, [in] thenational government, [the] actions of a couple ofpeople in Congress should tarnish the wholegroup," says Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett'57. "I hope that the community will not assumethat because of this situation, the council is notcapable of performing valuable services...
None of this is good news for George Bush. On the eve of the Republican Convention, down to his lowest approval rating in the opinion polls, any false move could tarnish the President's claim that he is uniquely qualified to lead the U.S. through the world's dangerous waters. Up to now, his caution has been considered reasonable; after this week it could be judged timid and indecisive. In this highly charged atmosphere, Democratic campaign rivals and Republicans in Congress are pushing Bush to reconsider his policies. Yet voters could easily see a military commitment in Bosnia -- or anywhere...
...recklessness. Already some of his (few) articulated positions have been exposed as two-faced; on taxes, for example, he has alternately said over the years that he favors raising them and that he never would. He has played the system to great advantage, and his coziness with insiders could tarnish his outsider appeal. He has promised specific solutions, but he clearly believes they are unnecessary -- because prescription implies promise, and "everyone knows" that political promises are hollow. In this anti-intellectual stance the Jacksonian Democrat whom Perot resembles is Davy Crockett. Almost everything about Crockett is myth. (Is it uninteresting...
...does not raise much money itself. Instead, it is supported by dues of the 2,100 - chapters around the nation that perform the lion's share of the fund raising and giving. The unseemly image of charity officials living high on the hog threatened to dampen future donations and tarnish the squeaky-clean image of the nation's premier nonreligious charity. By the middle of last week, more than 15 chapters -- including some of the nation's largest, those in San Francisco and New York -- had moved to withhold their annual dues to the national organization pending the outcome...