1.   If that did happen, the NFL would receive the kind of tarnish that could stain its image for years.

2.   L.T. had a chance to be unanimous, too, but Lawrence Taylor kept staining the image.

3.   Doing so, Pinochet supporters claim, would stain his image before history.

4.   Duong said his portrayal of the commander did nothing to stain the image of Vietnamese soldiers.

5.   Guerrilla attacks and charges of deepening involvement in the drug trade have stained the image of the talks.

6.   Now, the defense is prepared to try to stain the image of the boxer who charmed the jury.

7.   The conservatives have recently rebounded from a low after the slush fund scandal that disgraced Kohl and stained the image of his Christian Democratic Union.

8.   The officials have distanced themselves repeatedly during their five-day conference that began Monday from radical violence that they say has stained the image of Islam.