Word: tarnish
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...overlord of central Viet Nam, Can, a tough and willful man, kept his region notably free of Communist Viet Cong. After Diem's overthrow, he was arrested and tried for murder, illegal arrests and corruption; he was sentenced to die three weeks ago. Concerned that the execution might tarnish the image of Saigon's U.S.-supported government, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge appealed to the regime for clemency, but in vain. The government's only gesture of mercy was to allow Can to face a firing squad rather than die under the guillotine...
...cheap Yale win over the wrestlers, however, can't tarnish an otherwise successful season. Finishing at 7-2-1, they ran up a winning streak of six before losing to Springfield, the only team all year which clearly outclassed them...
...other papers narrowed the search for a scapegoat. "The President's murder," wrote the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "is partly attributable to the witless fools who, in seeking to tarnish the nation's honor, have besmirched only their own by flying the United States flag upside down." The Jacksonville, Fla., Times-Union took defensive note of the wave of anger that, in the first hours after Kennedy's death, seemed to focus on the far right. The assassination, said the Times-Union, "must not be allowed to become the cause célèbre for a witch...
...press conference later, a reporter asked the Governor if he thought that his defeat would tarnish his national image. Replied George Romney: "I wouldn't know-and I couldn't care less...
...people of South Vietnam, who have known little peace since the Japanese attacked them in the Second World War, would benefit and so would the United States. The mere removal of President Diem and his family has rasped some of the tarnish from the American image, but genuine reforms would wipe off even more. A shiny image is exceedingly important in a largely ideological world-wide contest that presents the U.S. as the champion of a system claiming democratic advantages over the more authoritarian alternatives...