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The NYT , in its inside story, credits the Post , but does something the Post doesn't--reminds the reader that Clark's replacement was once in line to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs but had to step aside "because of a blemish in his personal life."
But rather than explore any of this interesting territory, Hughes opts for the Soviet encyclopedia approach, removing any possible blemish from the face of the leader.
...[H]e was indeed the glass / wherein the noble youth did dress themselves... And speaking thick, which nature made his blemish, / Became the accents of the valiant.
Although the modern slang hickey means a ` “suction” kiss that leaves a mark,' and not, thank God, as CDS has it, “raises a blister,” its original meaning was `skin blemish,' and cosmetic makers in the US in the 1930s regularly used the word in their advertising (often with the implied sense `pimple').