Word: scandalized
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...DIED. CASPAR WEINBERGER, 88, wry, intellectual public servant whose long record of toil in the White Houses of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan was marred by a late, rare blemish: a 1992 indictment for allegedly covering up facts in the Iran-contra scandal, which he vigorously denied and for which he was pardoned; in Bangor, Maine. As Reagan's Defense Secretary, Weinberger presided over a $2 trillion peacetime military buildup?the biggest in U.S. history?and backed the controversial, never-implemented Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. After finding himself at odds with Reagan's arms-control negotiations with Mikhail...
...RESIGNED. SEIJI MAEHARA, 43, as leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the country's largest opposition party, to take "full responsibility" for a scandal involving a colleague's unfounded bribery allegations; along with several other party members; in Tokyo. DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata admitted last month that he couldn't verify his accusation that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had bribed the son of the Liberal Democratic Party's secretary-general. "I hope this will renew the public's faith and rebuild the party," Maehara said upon stepping down...
...Principles of Economics,” for more than two decades. Weinberger received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, in 1987, the year he left the Defense Department.In 1992, Weinberger faced a federal indictment for lying to investigators in the Iran-Contra scandal under Reagan, but received a presidential pardon from President George H. W. Bush before his trial began.Born Aug. 18, 1917, in San Francisco, Weinberger arrived in Harvard Yard in the fall of 1934.Morris E. Lasker ’38, who lived on the third floor of Matthews Hall with Weinberger...
...Wellesley College and Duke University. A lawyer who specializes in intellectual property litigation, William F. Lee ’72, will also hold a spot on the committee. Lee was an aide to the independent counsel who investigated Reagan administration officials’ involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal, and he is now the co-managing partner of the law firm WilmerHale. He joined the Board of Overseers...
Ultimately Rao is counting on his students to create a more genuine ethic of business, one that would not allow a scandal like Enron to take root. He likes to imagine what a generation of other-centered businesspeople could do for the world. "In about a decade, my students will be in leadership positions," he says with a satisfied smile. "And they will ask, What can I do to make things better...