1.   Although it gets a bad rap, the IRS does allow leeway.

2.   Although stocks in particular get a bad rap for short-term price swings, they have a better record of holding their real values over time.

3.   Analysts say the bad rap is unjustified.

4.   And in culture at least there is the suspicion that they are getting a bad rap.

5.   And she got such a bad rap.

6.   Anger gets a bad rap because we associate it with people who act angrily or violently toward others.

7.   As long ago as Puritan times and as recently as with Freud, daydreaming has gotten a bad rap.

8.   Big funds generally get a bad rap from investment advisers.

9.   A. African violet leaves get a bad rap for water spotting.

10.   Bosses usually are the ones to get a bad rap for being insensitive, boorish or down right cruel.