We have already blemished the future by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

ECONOMIST: Change of environment

"I hope that it is concluded quickly and fairly so that our image internationally is not blemished, " he told reporters.

BBC: Turkish football match-fixing: 19 matches suspected

In fact, the Republican brand has become so blemished that it can no longer sustain its most important product: a presidential candidate.

FORBES: The Republican Party Has A Brand Problem, And We Have The Evidence To Prove It

Tunisia's main trade union, the UGTT, did much to encourage opposition groups across the country, but its leaders are blemished by contacts with the former regime.

ECONOMIST: Egypt's and Tunisia's transitions

Clarke's score represented a dramatic improvement on Saturday's eight-over round and he was three under after 10 before bogeys on 14 and 15 blemished his card.

BBC: Westwood laments missed chances

Many good companies have blemished their reputations by going overboard in publicly flogging the offender in their efforts to distance themselves from an isolated (or even an accidental) misdeed.

FORBES: Bad Business: Indicted Or Not, You Are Going To Get Caught

Another talking point the NAHB reps will take with them to Capitol Hill Wednesday is to defend subprime lending, or the practice of lending money to borrowers with blemished or limited credit histories.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The 82-year-old Rangel, whose four-decade-long career in the House was blemished by the financial scandal, continues "to suffer irreparable harm that cannot be compensated by money damages, " Rangel's lawyer, Jay Goldberg, writes in the suit.

WSJ: Rangel files suit to overturn censure

Atul Nishar, founder and executive chairman of Hexaware Technologies, an IT firm in Mumbai, felt that a faster sale would benefit not just Satyam but the Indian IT industry, whose image has been blemished by the Satyam fraud.

FORBES: Market Scan

Despite the legacy of colonialism, the horror of partition, the burden of poverty, and the curse of religious and caste strife, India's democracy has lasted and despite being blemished by corruption, it is no sham, but real and vibrant.

ECONOMIST: India��s next 50 years

The willingness to take a chance on blemished credits pushed below-investment grade securities above par value for the first time since before the financial crisis, up from a nadir of 55 cents on the dollar in December of 2008, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

FORBES: Ford And Icahn Look Like Better Bond Bets Than Uncle Sam