Word: scandalizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dreariness of the issue is matched only by its longevity. We are less than four weeks away from the fourth anniversary of the Great Harvard Sex Scandal, sparked by the Boston papers' eager if incredulous sifting of the 1963 parietals debate. Which turned into the 1964 parietals debate. Which dragged on through...
...changes are by now familiar. Roommates, it is argued, will face cooperation problems they've never had before. A steady girlfriend could become a crisis. Additional noise on weeknights could disturb people studying in their rooms. And finally, increased parietals risk another round in Harvard's now-legendary sex scandal...
Kicking the Tradition. Under the paternalistic rule of le Pere, as his countrymen call him, youngsters everywhere now flock to new secular schools that have replaced the dreary old Koranic institutions. Young Tunisian women wear mini-djebbas that are the scandal of the mullahs, and bikinis among the scantiest on the Mediterranean. But Bourguiba is kicking more than tradition into the North African dust...
Died. Bernard Goldfine, 76, Boston businessman and central figure in the Eisenhower Administration's only major scandal; of a heart attack; in Boston An 1899 emigrant from Russia, Goldfine became a wheeler-dealer in real estate "and textiles, and a friend of important people. Trouble was, some of the most important of those people, notably Chief White House Aide Sherman Adams, accepted expensive gifts from Goldfine while federal agencies were examining his tangled finances. The Justice Department eventually uncovered enough evidence to convict him of tax evasion in 1961; after six months in prison, he emerged sick and dishonored...
Gone are the days when the opprobrium of the national press was focused on Harvard. Four years ago the Record American could run as their lead story: "Harvard Bares Wild Parties, Dean's Report Fears Sex Scandal." Today the headlines are about Haight-Ashbury...