21.   He said he realizes his public image may be tarnished.

22.   His collisions and near misses over the years have tarnished his image.

23.   However they do tarnish the image of the elections as free and fair.

24.   It kind of tarnishes the image of America.

25.   Its image has been tarnished, its need for billions in aid questioned in Congress.

26.   Lately, however, that image has been tarnished.

27.   Like other jailed writers, Nabavi is accused by his critics of ridiculing and tarnishing the image of Islamic clerics in his newspaper columns.

28.   Lately that image has been tarnished by complaints by consumers and small businesses.

29.   Not only that, its public image has been tarnished by allegations it has been infiltrated by the doomsday Solar Temple cult.

30.   Powell was also concerned that the bombardment of the Iraqis forces would tarnish the image of the U.S. military.