1.   Rose, such an immense part of the Big Red Machine, would not have tarnished the event by his presence.

2.   The massive event was tarnished by a fatal bombing, and that case remains open, just as several other bombings in the Atlanta area have not been solved.

3.   But the event was tarnished by allegations that the wife of Socialist Premier Andreas Papandreou was trying to take advantage of the event for personal political gain.

4.   They warned, however, that traffic jams may tarnish some events.