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The party said it had accepted his resignation, writing in a statement that “violations by Vo Van Thuong have left a bad mark on the reputation of the Communist party.”

When a blatant mistake is made, such as the Rams-Steelers game decided by a bad mark, the NFL needs to correct injustices.

Whenever you make a claim against your homeowners insurance, your insurance company considers that to be a bad mark on your policy.

“Just because you’ve got one bad apple in the box doesn’t mean the whole box is bad,” Mark Young said.

"A lucky guess? No, really, I've seen him before—carrying textbooks and papers. Plus he always visits the temple after school, and once I heard a boy in a school uniform complaining that 'Master-ji' gave him a bad mark on his Hindi test. Then he practically ran into Master-ji and almost dropped dead. Clearly, he was worried his teacher had heard him. As for the old man's Tamil, he speaks with an accent, so he must have moved here from somewhere else."