Word: corruption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defending the decision, Censorship Board Chairman Yehoshua Justman charged that the Levin play portrayed the Israeli people as "corrupt, degenerate, ruthlessly killing Arab children and degrading the Arabs...
...Lorean's disgrace was seen by federal law-enforcement officials as symptomatic of the pervasive lure of illegal drugs as a source of illicit riches. "This shows the incredible ability of drugs to corrupt," claimed one Justice Department official. "You're not surprised to find occasional corruption of a $40,000-a-year FBI agent," he added, "but you don't expect it to reach into the ranks of an $850,000-a-year auto executive. It makes you wonder how many other companies have been saved this...
...Presidents appeared side by side on the balcony of the Congress. Both acknowledged the cheers, but the enthusiasm was reserved for Hernán Siles Zuazo, 69, Bolivia's second civilian leader in 18 years of almost uninterrupted, often harsh and nearly always corrupt military rule...
...shift came last year in Victor/Victoria, in which Blake Edwards momentarily lost his customary sharpness and floundered around in a bland, sentimental limbo. Likewise, My Favorite Year contains too many lovable characters, too many cute situations, and in the end it becomes oppressively fluffy. Even the movie's villains corrupt teamster boss and his henchmen turns out as threatening as cigar-chomping teddy bears in pinstripes...
NONFICTION: The Diary of Virginia Woolf, edited by Anne Olivier Bell Qoing to the Dance, Arlene Croce Love, Eleanor, Joseph P. Lash Midnights, Alec Wilkinson -The Red Smith Reader, edited by Dave Anderson -U.S.S.R.: The Corrupt Society, Konstantin Simis