Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...limelight. Barring a last-minute change in plans, the dapper Korean is testifying before an open session of the House ethics committee, and the entire proceedings, expected to last three days, will be televised nationwide. His testimony gives the U.S. public its first full look into the Korean bribery scandal, which began to break open a year and a half ago. Says one congressional investigator who has heard Park's testimony: "It's a very sordid picture...
Many on the list will face no penalty. In most cases, the five-year statute of limitations on felonies has expired, and only 14 of the 31 Congressmen named by Park remain members of the House. Still, the scandal may finally force the reluctant House to decide upon effective procedures for punishing unethical conduct in the future...
...left out altogether from medical oaths and codes of ethics, and is often ignored, if not actually disparaged, in the teaching of medicine." Bok sees problems in journalism too. Reporters Bernstein and Woodward, she says, seemed untroubled by "the whole fabric of deception" they used to uncover the Watergate scandal. Those lies, she maintains, were not clearly necessary and may encourage other reporters to use such tactics routinely...
...dawning of greater political wisdom? A lot of people prayed it was so and sincerely hoped that the taste of this win would give Carter born-again leadership. Up until last week it had been many years since a President who was not burdened with world crisis or Government scandal had lost so much of America's confidence...
Strout said he has no plans to stop writing. Besides, there is a big story coming up. According to what he calls Strout's Law, "There is a major scandal in American political life every 50 years: Grant's in 1873, Teapot Dome in 1923, Watergate in 1973." Advises Strout: "Nail down your seats...