Word: scandalize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ironies of this situation are richer and more fertile than the former contents of Richie's purse. Bush ran in 2000 partly on the promise that he would restore dignity to the White House, appealing to social conservatives appalled over the Monica Lewinsky scandal and, broadly, the sexualization of American culture...
...feel less free to take risks—although it’s debatable whether getting trashed and uploading your drunken rendition of “Fat-Bottomed Girls” to YouTube is the sort of risk schools want to encourage. Subjecting everyone involved in a student government scandal or newspaper plagiarism case to the same treatment as Tom DeLay or Jayson Blair would stunt growth more than thalidomide. Better to let students screw up privately now instead of publicly later...
...opulent Italian villa. And other early efforts at internationalization also failed to provide a successful model. A 1973 Harvard Business School educational program in Switzerland fell by the wayside due to lack of enthusiasm, and the Harvard Institute for International Development became embroiled in controversy due to an investment scandal in Russia surrounding Harvard economics professor Andrei Shleifer...
...About a dozen readers responded with links to treatises about "duty" in various military journals. Furthermore, I've found that some great reporting takes place in the blogosphere: Juan Cole's Iraq updates are invaluable, Joshua Micah Marshall's Talking Points Memo did serious muckraking about the U.S. attorneys scandal, and Ezra Klein (no relation) is excellent on health care. I love linking to smart work by others, something you just can't do in a print column...
...thought he was stealing the limelight by taking too much credit for the drop in crime.) He has cultivated good working relationships with many disparate and powerful elements in the city. He tapped longtime LAPD critic and civil rights lawyer Constance Rice to write a report on the Rampart scandal and to oversee compliance with her recommended reforms. He's also developed a friendship with the Police Commission President John Mack, who, as head of the L.A. Urban League, was long a thorn in LAPD's side. "I like to bring lots of people into the tent who have historically...