Word: imbroglio
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...accustomed to the Washington tradition of slow leaks about political deceit that turn into a torrent as elements of the bureaucracy step over each other in the race for the exits, and then finally a scandal worthy of the suffix "-gate". Of course the imbroglio over the Bush Administration's failure to find the evidence to back its scary prewar claims about the threat to America supposedly posed by Saddam Hussein has not yet reached the point of critical mass that would leave editors scratching their heads over just what noun to put before that suffix - Iraq-gate? Saddam-gate...
...anger many area politicians expressed last week is reminiscent of the what is widely considered the nadir of Harvard’s relationship with Boston—the imbroglio surrounding Harvard’s 1997 announcement that it had secretly purchased nearly 50 acres of Boston land...
Through the first stages of this very public imbroglio, Harvard remained silent...
...widely publicized result of the Paulin fiasco was the department’s public embrace of free speech as its highest principle. But the contentious process within the department as it decided how to respond to the imbroglio left another footprint: a lingering anxiety about the Summers-New liaison and its implications. As the most hands-on president in generations, Summers poses a particular challenge for the department: his views and initiatives can be of substantial importance, but are typically communicated through intermediaries or general public statements. He is at once omnipresent and remote. Thus, while the department...
...cover his impoverished childhood in Georgia and his punishing confirmation battle, in which he faced charges of sexual harassment. The advance is the largest ever offered to a sitting judge. That is surely due in some part to the fact that few other judges have starred in a national imbroglio involving frequent references to pornographic actors. If Antonin Scalia is hoping for a big payday, he may want to think about spicing up his personal life...