Financial advisers have said that some operators in their industry have given it a bad name.

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It's also a key service point for operators, especially in Great Britain, where rail breakdowns and delays on the formerly government-owned lines have given privatization a bad name.

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The greed and destruction that characterised America's buy-out boom have given the era a bad name.

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The apparently swift rise and fall of the OSI may have given strategic lying a bad name.

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Even if someone has lived a perfect, blameless life, someone else with the same name could have a very bad online reputation that impacts the job seeker.

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These structures got a bad name in the financial crisis but the highest tranches have plenty of protection against defaults and are still paying 125-150 basis points above LIBOR.

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"If you go to certain streets in Birmingham you can see where they have been or where they are, and they're giving us all a bad name, " she said.

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Coeliac UK, which represents sufferers, worries that the hidden costs of prescriptions (which patients pay for, unless they have other conditions which qualify them for free scripts) is giving the whole system a bad name.

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If the chance comes - Ryan's got a niggle, but I don't think it's too bad - I've just got to put in a decent performance and have my name in the hat for the games to come.

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The parents of a toddler who died in a gas blast that destroyed eight houses in Greater Manchester have set up a charity in his name as they try to make "something good out of something so bad".

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