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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...runs for office. Like Mark Foley, he is caught in a sexual scandal just before the election. The brilliant script by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles is about a powerful man's need to be loved by the millions of people whose lives he dominates. And when they jilt him, he rationalizes the rejection by spinning tales of conspiracy. His newspaper runs the headline FRAUD AT POLLS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Top Political Movies From Seven Decades | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Investors still stinging from last year's run of Wall Street and CEO lies now find they can't trust mutual funds either. Turns out the $6.9 trillion fund industry might be just as willing to jilt the little guy when monster fees are on the line. This revelation is a black eye for a business that so far has been largely scandal free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Now Mutual Funds? | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

...moment, Yahoo! News unquestionably has the edge. Devotees trust the site for up to the minute headlines, photos, and commentary from a cadre of well-known sources. Yahoo! also has well-trodden daily features such as "most popular photo" and other favorites. Most news junkies won't jilt it any time soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Automatic for the People | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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