Word: tarnishes
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...form of anti-Semitic scapegoating, this should be a matter of grave concern to Jews, not only for reasons of self-preservation, but because the struggle of African-Americans for justice and equality is our struggle as well. We cannot allow the messengers of hate, like Tony Martin, to tarnish that struggle with the stain of their anti-Semitism...
...times have grown ugly. Blaming illegal immigrants -- indeed, immigrants -- for the tarnish on the Golden State is a centerpiece of the Wilson re- election campaign. He supports the draconian Proposition 187, known as S.O.S. (Save Our State), which would deny Elba a doctor if she got sick and her children their DPT shots and a place in first grade. Teachers and health- care workers would turn into snitches, asked to turn in any child suspected of having parents here illegally. Children would be encouraged to tell on their parents...
...casting Washington as the nation's scourge, ultimately successful candidates start off at a disadvantage in a system which they helped to incriminate. They need to repair an image that they've so fervently helped tarnish...
...redistribute their wealth. Aristide also blamed right-wing foes for paying troublemakers to incite street violence that the rich are blaming on Aristide allies -- particularly an incident early today in which 60 youths looted a store in the capital. "There is a campaign of manipulation aiming to tarnish the image of the government," Aristide said...
...ever been taken in the history of the world." Said Maurice ("Hank") Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, the giant insurance company: "If the United States Congress fails to ratify the Uruguay Round, it will set back any hope of financial services being liberalized." Worse, he said, it would "tarnish" the image of his company. "We have been representing the argument in favor of freer trade, and here our own country has failed to support that viewpoint! Our credibility would be impeached...