Word: imbroglio
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Some U.S. military planners saw the Denmark imbroglio as an example of the oft-heard U.S. charge that several prosperous alliance members are "getting a free ride" on defense. As in Denmark, opposition parties elsewhere have threatened to overturn longstanding defense arrangements if they are voted into power. The British Labor Party and the West German Social Democrats, for example, oppose U.S. nuclear weapons on their territory...
...errant man of God has long been the butt of barroom jokes, a straying sheep of American novels (The Scarlet Letter, Elmer Gantry) and even of TV movies. Much like fictional characters, the gospel telecasters in the current imbroglio emerged during the week as role players in their own real-life soap opera. Among the participants and events...
...Italy many a financial imbroglio has begun to emerge, only to vanish in the political sands. But governments must beware of dark conspiracies involving secret societies. The scandal surrounding the mysterious "P-2" Masonic lodge in 1981 entangled Cabinet ministers and military officers in a web of tax evasion and political intrigue. The uproar eventually toppled the Christian Democrat-led coalition government of Arnaldo Forlani, but no official was ever convicted, and Forlani is now back in government service...
...same type of twisted logic applies to the recent imbroglio between President Derek C. Bok and Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. Bok invited the guy to a birthday bash, and Bennett ended up swigging some tea and spouting drivel all over his hosts. Bok was left holding the quarter...
...Buchanan would have us believe--one that pits those willing to tolerate a totalitarian regime against those who will not. We tolerate them all the time and will continue to do so long after the curtain is drawn one way or another on the present Nicaraguan imbroglio...