Word: corruptability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opposition to ROTC stems from feelings that association with the Pentagon puts a moral stain on the University. This view, based largely on the original impetus for ROTC's expulsion--its association with the United States' morally bankrupt adventure in Vietnam--presupposes that there is something ineradicable corrupt and oppressive about the American military. It overlooks the potentially salutary influence that liberal arts students may exert on the armed forces. Broadening America's officer corps to include graduates of schools like Harvard will make the military more representative of society as a whole, and will have a leavening effect...
...heads an organization called Your Heritage Protection Association, based in Orange County. With a dues-paying flock of 15,000, Condo took in an estimated $2 million in three years while preaching an unusual gospel: since the U.S. dollar cannot be redeemed in gold or silver, it is therefore corrupt, therefore not "real," and therefore nobody owes any taxes. Finally charged with tax and mail fraud, Condo last June was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $92,000. He is still free on appeal, but the IRS, which estimates it lost up to $100 million in taxes evaded...
...Subcommittee. In an emotional Senate speech, Inouye disputed the Administration's thesis that the Salvadoran guerrillas represent a Cuban-and Soviet-backed military thrust to produce a revolutionary domino effect in the U.S.'s backyard. He described the 22,000-member Salvadoran armed forces as violent and corrupt, and urged the Salvadoran government to open negotiations "with all parties to the conflict" before any additional U.S. military assistance is provided...
...fears that he may be gay simply because he's tempted to watch "Masterpiece Theater" instead of a football game. The board further states that the strip has "tastelessly poked fun at several groups." The board doesn't name the "several groups," but they include: the Reagan administration, corrupt politicians, sensationalistic newspaper reporters, people who try to impose stereotyped standard of beauty or be havior on their romantic partners. Of course The Crimson wouldn't want to embarras readers who are members of such groups. But before you permanently ban Bloom County from your pages, I suggest that you read...
...this point, no clear alternative has yet emerged to challenge White's corrupt administration. So White and his machine could keep City Hall by default, effectively negating his opponents through shrewd politicking and brilliant media manipulation. But if a viable alternative does emerge, Boston will be poised to replay the Chicago scenario, as one of the six challengers-all of whom, of course, decry corruption and machine politics-will take over City Hall...