Word: rife
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With the controversy surrounding former cook and union steward Darryl Hicks, the Harvard Union dining hall has been transformed in recent weeks into a verbal battleground, rife with allegations, counter allegations and counter-counter allegations. And regardless of the merit of any accusation, one thing is clear: The Union is an unduly harsh working environment. As one employee told The Crimson, "morale sucks...
...military," said a Joint Chiefs staff officer. Uniformed personnel ranging from privates to generals routinely refer to their Commander in Chief as "Slick Willy" and "Draft Dodger." Beyond the financial affronts like Clinton's proposed government pay freeze, which will save $18 billion in military spending, the ranks are rife with bogus stories that Clinton forbids officers to wear their uniforms in the White House and that the First Lady refuses to ride in cars with them...
...Winthrop House we have eighteen tutors who with their families constitute a population of about 25 adults and children. These figures come from a house that is home to less than 400 students. Overcrowding is rife, yet as students suffer the small and dingy rooms, the tutor population proliferates...
Alerted to the incident, the FBI investigated but found no wrongdoing. Justice officials claim that the documents were merely duplicates of classified material. But the outcry over the shredding is illustrative of the intrigue and suspicion that currently consume the Justice Department. In recent years the agency has been rife with controversy over allegedly lax investigations, secret political motives, cover-ups and general malfeasance. Under Ronald Reagan and George Bush, the Justice Department gained a reputation, among Republicans and Democrats alike, as the most thoroughly politicized and ethically compromised department in the government...
Robert H. Abzug '67, the University of Texas professor listed in the film's credits as its "historical adviser," says he was never consulted about the content of the film which he says is rife with inaccuracies. "The [producers] were taken in by the romance of the thing," says Abzug. "They didn't know how to get their facts straight...