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...Patrick—before divorcing in 1982. After years of struggles with alcohol and a reputation for womanizing, Kennedy married lawyer Victoria Reggie in 1992. She would remain at the senator’s side during his later political endeavors and recent illness.Kennedy’s most notable scandal came in 1969 when he drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha’s Vineyard, an incident which resulted in the drowning death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. After swimming to safety, Kennedy did not call police until after Kopechne’s body was found...
...been "wiped out." Months after offering the Palestinians a deal similar to Barak's, he was forced to resign last year as Israel's Prime Minister over a string of corruption allegations. On Sunday he became the first Israeli Prime Minister ever indicted on criminal charges, part of a scandal that will prevent him from returning to power anytime soon. (See pictures of the divided citizens of Jerusalem...
...recently stripped nine Ph.D. holders of their titles," Henning Radtke, Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Hanover tells TIME. Those students are now appealing the decision. "This scandal is a disaster for Germany's education system," he says. "It's completely unacceptable that some teachers have accepted bribes to take on often unqualified students to do a Ph.D...
...consultancy had links with teachers across Germany and the authorities are currently probing lecturers working in several university faculties, ranging from law and medicine to economics and engineering. According to reports in the German media, universities in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Leipzig have been drawn into the bribery scandal, but prosecutors refused to confirm the names...
...bribery scandal is highly damaging to the reputation of Germany's academic institutions. It's a blow too for those people who are proud of the titles that they have achieved through hard work and determination. Doctorates are important status symbols in Germany, where dinner party guests talk about their Ph.D.s as readily as they do their jobs. But with the news that some people have been buying their prized titles, that source of pride has lost some of its shine...