Word: scandalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kansas circuit, Burton K. Wheeler was rebuked. Leading Republicans* admonished him, brought it to his attention that politics was one thing while "merchandising half-baked scandal," "raking up unsupported allegations," "mudslinging," constituted quite another. "Very prettily said," retorted Mr. Wheeler; and continued his attacks on the Coolidge and Dawes pre-office records, through Caldwell, Wellington, Herington, McFarland, Topeka...
...affair raised quite a scandal at the time, and many of the officers were demoted for allowing it to develop so far without interference...
...Scandal. A most disagreeable odor assailed the nostrils of sportdom. It was an odor reminiscent of one that arose in 1919 when some Chicago American League baseball players were convicted of receiving bribes for "throwing" their World's Series with Cincinnati. Investigation showed the cause of the new nuisance to lie with certain members of the New York National League baseball team. Officials were quick to air matters and eject two contaminated persons. Sportdom's olfactories had relief, but memory persisted...
...with mud. Two players have tried to discredit the sport which they represent, for the sake of victory. What effect this incident will have on the national game is hard to predict. The wound which the White Sox inflicted in 1919 may prove still sensitive to the salt of scandal...
While London was reveling in the adventures of Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle, was enjoying dalliance with Tom Jones, was boasting its two-bottle men, was attending the School for Scandal-while, in short, fashionable England was doing all the things which Queen Victoria soon put a stop to- there blossomed in the Parish of Olney a more godly literature...