Word: rascal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-servingly selective: "Sharpton owes his celebrity and influence to his willingness to do whatever it takes to be noticed by the media, from leading marches to being arrested to allowing himself to be photographed while his famous James Brown hairdo is being dried -- in short, by being a rascal. If he were really as pious and responsible as he comes across in this book, no one would have paid any attention...
Edwards, like Duke, has an image problem rooted in his own troubled past. Though his womanizing, high-rolling ways may endear him to many voters in a state that has always loved a good rascal, even Louisianians have a limited tolerance for corruption these days. During his previous term as Governor, Edwards was indicted twice on charges that he had conspired to rig state hospital approvals while out of office. Though he was acquitted, tales of extravagant gambling trips and debts paid off with cash-filled suitcases have ^ continued to dog him. But they also spark his campaign for redemption...
...over you or around you," wrote Walker Percy in a cynical moment. "In New Orleans there is still a chance, diminishing perhaps, that somebody will drag you into the neighborhood bar and pay the innkeeper for a shot of Early Times." Now faced with choosing between a twice-indicted rascal and an ex-neo-Nazi Klan leader for Governor, the citizens of Louisiana could use a shot...
Savage has developed a reputation on Capitol Hill as something between a rascal and a scoundrel. An energetic promoter of minority set-aside contracts, Savage's most notable achievement was to push the construction of a 27-story federal building that wound up in another Chicago congressional district. He is also known for sponsoring seven resolutions honoring heavyweight boxer Joe Louis. All died in committee. Recently, the House ethics committee reprimanded him for making sexual advances to a female Peace Corps volunteer during a trip to Zaire...