11.   But the degree by which the fund has trailed the market has indeed tarnished its image.

12.   But the massacre and other violence in Guerrero tarnished the image of President Ernesto Zedillo, who is seeking to modernize his party.

13.   But the disaster at Ellis Park Oval has tarnished its image.

14.   But the mounting criticism of the sterilizations has tarnished the image of the family-planning program, one of the most ambitious in the developing world.

15.   But the disaster at Ellis Park Oval in Johannesburg last week has tarnished the image of South Africa.

16.   But these kinds of revenue builders tarnish the image.

17.   Critics of the administration say it tarnished its image as a defender of democracy by failing to join Latin American nations in immediately denouncing the attempted takeover.

18.   For Microsoft, this ends a phase of the fight that has tarnished its image with the public and an all-important judge.

19.   For years, the Troubles have been more of an embarrassment than a preoccupation to the Bourkes, a tattoo of senseless violence tarnishing the image of Ireland abroad.

20.   French officials are clearly concerned that a criminal indictment would tarnish the image of the bank, which was rehabilitated at a steep price to the French taxpayer.