Reports say Ambassador Galbraith has sided with the Canadian chairman of the Electoral Complaints Commission, Grant Kippen, to take a hard line and toss out all tainted ballots.
Because of the taint of xenophobia, progressives are quick to treat all nostalgia as prejudice, leading them to dismiss the fears of whole sections of society.
Kathleen, what do you say to Evan that though there may not have been... Evan claimed that the consent was tainted not by coercion but by lack of adequate information.
Augustine proposed that human nature is inherently damaged and tainted because — in the Garden of Eden — the mother of all people, Eve, sinned against God by eating an apple from the Tree of Knowledge.
Firstly it's because of statues which now are white, but at the time would mostly have been painted in quite bright colors, but this has kind of tainted our idea of what the ancient world looked like.
The sweet perfume of the flowers had already spread into the surrounding air, which, being free from every taint, conducted to her lips a full measure of the fragrance received from the spire of blossom in its midst.
You know, if it's turned to vinegar, or what you generally see, you know, a wine affected by cork taint, cork taint affects, you know, one bottle in a 12 bottle case.
But raw water can also be tainted with pesticides from nearby farms, contain arsenic that naturally occurs in soil, and harbor bacteria such as E. Coli and salmonella that can make people extremely sick.
The public is sceptical about this claim, given the various allegations that tainted him and his family during the unedifying campaign, not to mention those flung at his opponent.