Word: imbroglio
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This latest imbroglio comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding former captain Matthew C. Thomas—suspended indefinitely back in June—who Murphy indicated will not suit up at all for the Crimson in 2006. Senior Ryan Tully has replaced Thomas as the 133rd captain of Harvard football...
...Snow will inherit an imbroglio of his own: The Secret Service is about to release records of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's visits to the White House, something that Bush aides had considered, then rejected, doing months ago. In one of his final briefings, McClellan cautioned that the records could not necessarily be viewed "as a complete historical record...
...said Rudenstine, who sported silver cufflinks and a red-and-black checkered tie.The former president spoke in the same ornate hall in which, three months ago, the drawn-out battle between outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers and the Faculty came to a head. The long shadow of that imbroglio was in subtle evidence at the ceremony.Before pulling the drape off the portrait, which will join the paintings of Harvard presidents and benefactors hanging in the Faculty Room, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby called on professors to “let Neil Rudenstine’s portrait speak...
...rough seas of the second term. McClellan kept his cherubic grin and low-key sense of Southern humor even when he was being rhetorically pummeled by testosterone-fueled correspondents. When McClellan?s Texas Longhorns were appearing with Bush to celebrate their Rose Bowl win at the height of the imbroglio over Vice President Cheney?s marksmanship, McClellan joked, "The orange that they're wearing is not because they're concerned that the Vice President may be there. Although that's why I'm wearing...
...fact sheet titled "Dems' Declassification Hypocrisy" that Democrats were falsely attacking the President "for 'leaking' information that was declassified legally and appropriately." White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters this morning that he would not comment on an ongoing legal proceeding. But he added, referring to the imbroglio over pre-war intelligence back in the summer of 2003: "You will recall, if you go back to that time period that you are referencing, that we did declassify information ... in the National Intelligence Estimate, to provide that information to the public...