Word: hilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TALES FROM THE CRYPT (HBO, June 10, 9:30 p.m.). Those scary old E.C. comics inspired three horror tales, each directed by a Hollywood heavyweight: Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future), Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) and Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon...
While tattletales are no more appealing on Capitol Hill than in grammar school and scattered enforcement always seems unfair, it would be a mistake to conclude that Wright and Coelho are victims of a deranged political environment dominated by vengeful Republicans and gooey do-gooders. Although Coelho characterized himself as a martyr, resigning to save his family and Congress, he was actually getting out to save his neck. The $100,000 deal involving one of Michael Milken's junk bonds promised to be every bit as serious as Wright's transgressions. And the investigations have the same salutary effect...
...anything, these few morality trials do not go nearly far enough. The real scandal in Congress is not what's illegal; it is what's legal: the blatant, shameless greasing of congressional palms that violates good sense, good taste and good government. Capitol Hill is polluted by money -- campaign money, speech-giving money, outside money from investments, and money substitutes like all-expenses-paid vacations and gifts. Fred Wertheimer, president of the public-interest lobby Common Cause, is looked upon these days as an ethics ayatullah, but he is not overstating by much when he says, "Our nation faces...
Oddly enough, though, few legislators voluntarily leave for private life. Congressmen routinely run for re-election; Capitol Hill salaries are no secret to politicians who spend years -- and a great deal of money -- trying to get into the club. What goes unmentioned in all the caterwauling about the sacrifices of public service is the joy it offers. Public officials lead interesting lives: they all have the opportunity to make a difference; some even make history. Compared with underappreciated professions like teaching and nursing, where doing well takes a backseat to doing good, Congressmen are handsomely paid. The days of politicians...
Even though he accuses the Democrats of hiring private detectives to trail him, the Capitol Hill equivalent of America's Most Wanted pronounces himself unperturbed: he is used to close scrutiny. In 1984 the magazine Mother Jones published tawdry details of his 1980 divorce from his first wife, Jackie. Hundreds of copies of the story were distributed to House members and reporters on the Hill...