Word: scandalize
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...controversy immediately drew comparison to a 1992 campaign scandal in which the passport file of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, dating back to the 1960s, was suspected of having been tampered with. During that campaign, there was much speculation regarding Clinton's activities and travels around the time of the Vietnam War. A clerk in a records warehouse in suburban Maryland discovered staple holes on copies of his passport applications and became concerned that part of the file was missing. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an inquiry, but found what it said was "no evidence that tampering had occurred...
...Furtado said. “Maineiriwas able to really show the dual aspectsof her character, both her manipulativeand human sides.”The last time Roza says she is pregnant,it’s actually true. Furtado’s inspirationfor the story was a scandal that happenedin Brazil a few years ago, in whichit was revealed that a drug company soldbirth control pills made out of flour.His films are firmly grounded in hissense of place. Much of “Houve ” is set inMarch, when Chico and Juca spend timeon Porto Alegre?...
...Spitzer’s colleagues and constituents no longer trust him, and with good reason—his two-facedness insults their intelligence. Without their support, Spitzer would have had little hope of passing legislation. Just as stagnancy stalled the federal government after Bill Clinton’s sex scandal in the late nineties, so too would New York’s government have been rife with contention should he have remained governor The public outcry over Spitzer’s transgression rightly stems from the fact that not only were his actions illegal, but they were also treacherous...
...this occurred on December 12, and Isenhour clearly counted on the incident passing by unnoticed. But when the charges of animal cruelty and killing a migratory bird became public last week, the resulting scandal was more reminiscent of the Michael Vick dog-fighting furor last year than the joke that a sound engineer at the shoot suggested Isenhour had intended. Florida newspapers opined that Isenhour was a hardened animal abuser, while the PGA contemplated suspending his tour card. By late last week, he was apologizing to animal lovers nationwide, noting feebly that he’d once adopted shelter cats...
...scandal has been exacerbated by parliamentary leaders' clumsy attempts to cover up the report. Even within the Parliament, only a handful of MEPs on the budgetary control committee were able to see the report - and they were obliged to read it in a guarded room, on condition that they took no notes and signed a pledge saying they would keep its contents secret. Although the Parliament's vice presidents agreed on Monday to review the system of hiring office assistants, they spent two weeks insisting the report was either non-existent or confidential...