Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...WOULD BE DIFFICULT to imagine a figure less qualified than Richard Nixon to deal with a question of morality. One wonders if the greater immorality of the Vietnam War has blinded Americans to the glaring corruption of this Administration. Shabby scandals have surfaced with alarming regularity. In the ITT-Dita Beard case, the Republicans overlooked a violation of antitrust law when ITT promised to underwrite the Party convention in San Diego. In a similar manner, Nixon changed his mind and permitted the artificially supported price of milk to rise after sizable campaign contributions from the National Dairy Association. Small grain...
...story. For Larsen, who recently served as our Saigon bureau chief, writing about the feminine side of presidential politics offered an interesting contrast. "In Viet Nam," he says, "the wives of some politicians are their husbands' silent business partners, and often you hear about them only when a scandal breaks. Here they have become vocal members of the team and must go on display for public approval. The American wives have it tougher...
...SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
When American actors tackle a play like The School for Scandal, they often get jittery and are tempted by the safety exit of farce or the urge to humanize characters that are basically stylized commentaries on such moral vices as slander, hypocrisy and deceit. To its credit, New York's newly formed City Center Acting Company avoids these two traps fairly well. They give the Sher idan classic the old college try, which is only natural since this troupe springs from the drama division of Manhattan's Juilliard School, herewith embarked on a whirlwind repertory of six plays...
Jesuit Daniel Lyons, a conservative columnist for the National Catholic Register, termed the good-conscience practice "a scandal" and questioned how any divorced Catholic who attempted remarriage could be considered to be in good conscience. Lyons' view is known to be shared privately by many U.S. prelates, including the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. In August, Cardinal Krol consigned the good-conscience cause to limbo. Citing a Vatican directive, the cardinal forbade all practices "contrary to current discipline," pending the results of a study on the problems of remarried Catholics that...