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When something like this happens, you get tarnished with a kind of black spot.
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He is helped by the fact that the PP has its own problems especially long-running scandals that have tarnished its reputation in strongholds like Madrid and Valencia.
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Also in People's Tribune, Li Tuo, professor at the National School of Administration, a civil service training institute, said the party's image has been tarnished by corruption and "obesity" like the former Soviet Union's communist party.
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In the closing moments, Arsenal frantically looked for a winner while Boro defended like warriors, although Southgate's good day was tarnished by the red card shown to Mido.
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At moments like that, the big guy on the dime could fit on a tarnished penny.
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But his reputation, like that of Prime Minister Hun Sen, his erstwhile patron, is tarnished by allegations of thuggish behaviour, as described in this 2008 FORBES profile.
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