The controversy is thought to be the first time the competition's expert judging panel have allowed an animal model to win a prize and there was concern the revelation could damage a contest which has a reputation as the most prestigious of its kind in the world.
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison is a former congressional aide and longtime corporate lobbyist for the Podesta Group, with a list of former clients that will be damaging in a Democratic contest ― coal companies, tobacco firms, too-big-to-fail banks and Walmart.
Kirk had done much to make the nomination contest an orderly parade, and this disorderly — and possibly damaging to the Party — intrusion was unwelcome.
He dismissed the suggestion that a long contest would damage Republicans.
Far from damaging News International it would actually provide an element of fairness to journalists and executives overwhelmed by spiralling allegations that they cannot effectively contest.
MP3.com, which is liable for over $100 million in damages, is contesting the validity of several thousand of Universal's copyrights on the ground that sound recordings are not works made for hire.
Some political analysts wondered whether the turbulent contest would irreparably damage the party's credibility and lead to its demise.
After that contest, Mr. Pistorius damaged his reputation among his followers by questioning the length of the blades used by the winner, Alan Oliveira of Brazil.
Gambling on baseball, on his own team, even to win, besides a violation of a rule Rose knew about, damaged and damages the credibility of the contest.
Caught as collateral damage in this contest, meanwhile, are the standalone-GPS makers like Garmin and TomTom, which not that long ago offered something clever and soon to be essential.
