Word: tarnishing
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...overarching problem is "how much crap can he take," says the Governor's New Hampshire campaign director, Mitchell Schwartz. This is especially so in the South, Clinton's area of greatest strength, where draft dodging is a major no-no. In a long political campaign, Schwartz concedes, credibility questions tarnish a candidate geometrically. "It's not just Flowers and the draft -- one and one equaling two," says Schwartz. It's the potential for a snowball effect that causes voters to consider alternative contenders without even bothering to come to grips with their doubts about Clinton. Death by a thousand cuts...
...change is occurring, and it does not bode well for researchers -- or for the U.S. While American science remains productive and still excels in many areas, its exalted and almost pristine image is beginning to tarnish...
...looked back. He went to Washington in 1968 as a staffer to a Republican Congressman, who soon loaned him to Donald Rumsfeld, head of the Office of Economic Opportunity. When Rumsfeld moved to Nixon's White House as counsellor, Cheney went along as his deputy. He escaped the Watergate tarnish by resigning in 1973 to work for a firm of Washington lobbyists...
...violence against women." French author Marguerite Duras, asked about Depardieu's remarks, said dismissively, "When I was 8 1/2, I stole an apple from the garden." Depardieu, meanwhile, was on the island of Mauritius shooting a new film and contemplating whether the affair will blow over or permanently tarnish his image with American audiences...
...enrolled, the school declared, rules for citation were "strict, explicit and explicitly made known to all graduate students." The university has formed a blue-ribbon committee to investigate the alleged infraction. At worst, the school could strip King of his doctorate posthumously. But even though the revelations may tarnish King's reputation, they hardly diminish his - courageous and inspirational accomplishments in helping to achieve racial justice for millions of black Americans...