Those entirely righteous charges, you recall, to defend his reputation and honour from the stains being flung at it.

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The walnut top of his colonial style desk was marred by water stains from a second-story flood the office suffered months earlier.

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Historically, nightingale bird droppings were used to remove stains from delicate silk garments in Japan, as well as by geishas to whiten and even skin marred by frequent and heavy use of makeup, Pacheco says.

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Butz contacted scientists at a laboratory in Miami that specializes in radiocarbon dating who suggested he first conduct a simple test to determine if the soot stains occurred from more recent fires.

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Besides some lint and paperclips, does it contain the supplies that will rescue you from injury, stress, stains, bad breath or worse?

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In what could be the final year of his commissionership, Bud Selig has a unique opportunity to rectify the errors of a generation and cleanse the stains of steroid use from his reputation.

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Zimmerman is bleeding from his nose and the back of his head and has stains on the back of his jacket.

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