Sentence examples for tainted legacy from inspiring English sources

Success, in other words, came at a price, first and foremost for the native peoples who occupied the American land and the slaves brought over to work it, but also for the present-day descendants of the colonists, who have inherited a tainted legacy.

The immediate consequence of the slide towards autocracy will be a tainted legacy for Sheikh Hasina, he says, and a wasted opportunity to organise her own succession.

Indonesia's tainted legacy of colonialism, authoritarianism and poverty is shared in spades by its smaller Pacific neighbours whose problems have been ramifying of late.

And, when the military seize power from a democratically elected government, Césaire's attack on colonialism's tainted legacy suddenly acquires a chilling contemporary resonance.

Along with everything admirable and honourable that the US and its leaders have achieved, Bush was both heir and product of this tainted legacy.

A reminder of his tainted legacy came in the second inning, when a fan slapped a sign reading "A-Rod Cheats" on the staircase directly behind the plate, in full view of the center-field cameras.

There was little evidence that the scandal tainted his legacy.

In 1969, a ferocious snowstorm tainted the legacy of John V. Lindsay, who responded sluggishly.

No one was prosecuted.Unlawful abductions, torture and killings of civilians have tainted the legacy of the war that George Bush brought to Afghanistan.

A procession of former franchise players wondered openly if James had tainted his legacy by leaving the Cavaliers and joining Wade, who has already led the franchise to a championship.

But the way he managed money, and the secrecy and corruption surrounding the administration of the Palestinian Authority, have tainted his legacy with ordinary Palestinians and left a burden for his political heirs.