It is superstitious people that sully the perfection of Numbers.
Any overt action would contravene its self-proclaimed doctrine of non-intervention and sully its narrative of a peaceful rise.
Those who sully the game should incur stiff penalties-including, if the allegations against them are proven, the latest Pakistanis under a cloud.
Iberdrola is the world's leading operator of wind turbines, but Fenosa relies heavily on coal-fired plants, so a merger would sully Iberdrola's image.
As much as Wall Street's erstwhile masters of the universe have helped to sully their own reputations, they remain less frowned upon than their handlers in Washington, DC.
I mean I do hope that the fact that I'm interested in in rock and roll isn't perceived by some, as it may well be, to sully the ideals of the Louise Center for the arts and these high-minded things.
