"The restaurant owner said the bad publicity could ruin him."

He said that threatened court fines would bankrupt the city and that national publicity was ruining its reputation.

Terrified that the publicity could ruin his father, who was a senator running for president, Spike had OD'd on barbiturates.

The publicity would ruin you, and you know it, you know it!

The publicity ruined him, but influential friends kept him out of jail by paying a psychiatrist to call him insane.

Although he was never formally charged, the ensuing publicity ruined his reputation.

What's more, I knew that if the case came to court, and it was aired in the newspapers, the bad publicity would ruin my business.

"The publicity ruined every bit of his life and his business."

But Ms. Naclerio's biggest concern is that publicity will ruin a good thing for the 35 Bronx families.

He had testified that the publicity generated by the divorce had ruined his career and that he was therefore entitled to a share in the book proceeds.