Word: tarnish
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...biggest in history?is more than double the industry average and means the movie has to earn $400 million worldwide just to break even. But in Japan the company isn't only striving to turn a profit; it also wants to be sure it doesn't tarnish its name. Japan is a nation of Mickey Mouse fans. Tokyo Disneyland is the world's most popular theme park, and a sister site called Disney Sea is scheduled to open nearby in September. "Pearl Harbor is obviously a subject that must be approached with cultural sensitivity," says Dick Sano, who heads...
...European demands on the new Serbian leaders was for a sign that the bad old regime would be held accountable. To let men like Milosevic--or the officers around him who had been indicted by the war-crimes tribunal in the Hague--walk away from their crimes would tarnish the hard-won idea of international accountability. Last fall, even as the White House celebrated Milosevic's defeat, Washington sent a carrot-and-stick signal to Belgrade: Milosevic must be arrested by March 31 or millions in U.S. aid would be frozen, along with a big piece of U.S. goodwill...
...km/h. Even as it is, it should cut the trip between London and Manchester to two hours, down from two hours and 40 minutes, when it joins the fleet in 2002, Whitehorn says. But the train has one other, perhaps more urgent, mission: to take some of the tarnish off the aging Virgin brand...
Grade Inflation Cannot Tarnish Harvard Name
However, is academic freedom not also about advancing knowledge? It is impossible to contribute to the advancement of knowledge without proving what you claim to be truth. Putting forth unsubstantiated opinions cannot further knowledge. The actions of this tenured professor have served only to tarnish Harvard's academic reputation...