Sentence examples for blots from inspiring English sources

This means that the president is indeed keenly aware of, among other blots on the national record, America's exceptionally savage history of slavery and white supremacy, and its ongoing legacy.

It took up one page of the same notebook: a page previously, or subsequently, covered with elementary sums and blots.

On November 1st, after lobbying from the telescope's defenders (particularly the American Astronomical Society), the Senate passed a bill that restored the telescope's funding.In this section Old crocs Throwing money into space The belly of the beast Asteroid 2005-YU55 A few blots in the copybook ReprintsBut it is not just politicians that are restive.

Alas, not everyone is as savvy as Brittany.In this section The next great disruption Behind the scenes A modest proposal Ink blots Rabbi to the rescue Close and caustic America and the space race Correction ReprintsThough increasingly mainstream, tattoos still signal a certain rebelliousness that works against jobseekers, says Andrew Timming of the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

THE kidnapping of Abdullah Ocalan was bound to highlight the manifold blots on Turkey's human-rights record and the harsh limits the Turkish state puts on those of its citizens who dissent, even peacefully, from the established order.

THE "war on terror" has left many blots on America's reputation weapons of mass destruction, Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay and one stain continues to darken with time.

Showy piety, legalism and quietism were all abominations, almost as much as the cheap oil and harsh flavours of phoney ethnic food.His own scorecard had some blots.

And delinquent scions and illegitimate descendants of the nobility were sent as remittance men to the colonies, at a stroke removing blots on the escutcheons of those families and passing the problem to distant colonial authorities.Clive BruckmannBryanston, South AfricaSIR – We couldn't agree more with your solution of offshoring children.

In many Chinese cities, a thick shroud of pollution literally blots out the sun much of the time.

In fact, though she opposes a rate that her opponent supports, she does favour a higher minimum wage.In this section The next great disruption Behind the scenes A modest proposal Ink blots Rabbi to the rescue Close and caustic America and the space race Correction Reprints.

His name is stamped across the top in the faded red swirl of the Coca-Cola logo, while ink-blots and schoolboy-style notes dot the white space.