The public scandal was a black mark against him.

那条尽人皆知的丑闻成了他的一个污点。

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Just a couple of years ago, Mark Zuckerberg made few public appearances.

就在几年前，马克·扎克伯格还很少公开露面。

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Flags are flying at half mast across the country and public entertainment curtailed as a mark of respect, one week after the quake hit.

全国各地都降半旗，公众娱乐活动被停止以纪念一星期前发生的那场地震受难者。

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Mark Matunga says the coalition is trying to educate the public about how to protect children from online abuse.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Mark Twain was already a successful writer before he became famous as a public speaker.

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Four prominent Democrats have raised millions of dollars for the mayor's race: city Public Advocate Mark Green, city Comptroller Alan Hevesi, city council President Peter Vallone, and Bronx Borough President Ferdinand Ferrer.

CNN: Michael Bloomberg eyes run at New York mayor

Former Public Advocate Mark Green, the Democrat who lost to current Mayor Michael Bloomberg nearly 12 years ago, said his opponents' private lives didn't loom large during his fiercely contested City Hall run.

WSJ: Politicians Get Personal in This Year's New York Mayoral Race

Aping the increasingly grotesque genre of reality television shows, local celebrities and washed-out headline-starved failed former security brass got together with Yediot Aharonot and put on a reality TV stunt for the public to mark the anniversary.

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