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In the climate of extreme fear that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration engaged in tortured legal interpretations of international and domestic law that tarnished American democracy and diminished its soft power.

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But I was struck by the fact that America, a country with such a tarnished civil rights record, could be repeating its mistakes so blatantly.

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Musicals had grown out of favor by 1970, and elephantine productions like "Star!" and this film really tarnished Andrews' reputation, leaving a lot of dead space in her catalogue until "The Tamarind Seed" came along.

This gay content tarnished the whole film.

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