Market force The plot thins Quiet time ReprintsThe manoeuvre has blemished Hong Kong's record of non-intervention in the stockmarket since 1987's global crash, when it halted trading.
Some of these were blemished with financial scandal.
Despite the legacy of colonialism, the horror of partition, the burden of poverty, and the curse of religious and caste strife, India's democracy has lasted and despite being blemished by corruption, it is no sham, but real and vibrant.
Tunisia's main trade union, the UGTT, did much to encourage opposition groups across the country, but its leaders are blemished by contacts with the former regime.In this shapeless landscape, Tunisians struggle to voice their political differences.
Where it lands is anyone's guess.Subprime-mortgage lenders offer higher rates of interest to borrowers who have blemished credit histories.
Such political differences have undoubtedly blemished the national relief effort.But the emergency-relief operation itself may have sown some seeds of a better future for the city, if the momentum can be maintained.
We have already blemished the future by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
By 2005 the firm was looking blemished.
Unlike the Separatists he held the Church of England to be a true church, though blemished; and unlike the Presbyterians he held that there should be no ecclesiastical authority between the congregation and the Lordship of Christ.
For as GMG starts to look like an organisation that has lost its way, Mr Rusbridger's reputation as a media visionary is at risk of being blemished.
Breckenridge remains a young place, still a bit frayed at the edges, and still blemished by souvenir shops: probably only in London's Camden Market will you see more garish T-shirts per head of the population.
