Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tactics-outright payoffs to clerks and customs inspectors, "contributions" to political parties, the hiring of government officials as "consultants" -have long been accepted in many countries as the normal, natural way to get any business done. U.S. companies operating overseas must somehow adjust to that atmosphere. But the biggest scandal in American business right now is that too many seem to have become a part...
...investigation found there had been "no evidence of criminality" in the scandal and blamed the mess "on the University administration...
...reasons this has been such a good story is that, like Rothschild, the main characters in the publishing scandal are very earnest and personable people--florid and loquacious reminders that the academic specimens around here who wear ties and sit behind desks, or infest libraries, or say 'No Comment' just don't make for exciting copy. Kearns is emotional and plaintive, Goodwin is garrulous and familiar, and Glikes is intense and a little self-righteous. They all call me Phil, they all love to go off-the-record and whine about the other characters in this story, no matter...
...THING ABOUT the three heavies in this scandal is that they all have a precious scrap of integrity that they are anxious to protect with every manipulative bone in their bodies. Kearns has a tenured chair on the line. Glikes has a fine editorial reputation at stake, and Goodwin must fear his betrayal as the ogre. When you call them up, they talk a lot, to attempt to preserve that patch of integrity...
...feelings were so intense." Goodwin's well-used-and-gravelly Washington politics voice wasn't made for such subtlety: "He [Glikes] is trying to set himself up as a rejected suitor... He's living out his fantasy life in The New York times." Goodwin's theory in this publication scandal is that the whole thing has been cooked up against him and Doris buy a New York "literary cabal." He is defensive because he most feel somewhat responsible for Kearns's most. He says that some of the news and editorial accounts have been aimed more at him than...