Word: tarnishes
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...dilution provision in the current federal trademark statute enables the holder of famous marks to prevent the registration or use of marks that would not confuse consumers but that either blur or tarnish the famous mark," Fisher said...
...like, university committees are not adequately equipped to conduct fact-finding for offenses that could constitute serious crimes. The subcommittees of Harvard's Administrative Board that make findings of fact should not be able to play-act as courts of law. These subcommittees have the power to forever tarnish students with a judgment of a serious offense, but they do not currently give students the opportunity to retain independent representation or to cross-examine witnesses, rights that all free societies view as essential to fair procedure. When faced with serious offenses, university disciplinarians should reserve their judgment for the issues...
...Seneca gains influence among campus women's groups, its final club roots--and current ties to the clubs themselves--may tarnish the validity of its feminist agenda amongst some students...
...creating such a glow around the nation's dinner tables that a family spending barrage is about to render household goods scarce and send consumer prices spiraling through the roof. It's an interesting theory. It's also a leap that could shut down the expansion prematurely and tarnish Greenspan's sterling reputation--potentially derailing Al Gore's presidential train, much as a weak economy did George Bush...
Furthermore, I wonder if Internet voting somehow decreases the value of the vote that is cast: Do we tarnish consent, somehow, by divorcing ourselves so completely from the consequences of our actions? By allowing citizens to vote from any given computer and with only the click of a mouse to connect one to his or her choice, we remove the physical connection (traveling to the voting booth, pulling the lever) between the voter and the vote cast, and perhaps, in the process, also lose some of the gravity that ought to be associated with the choices that we make when...