Word: scandalizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scandal broke in mid-April, when police arrested Sadao Koyama, newly elected speaker of Tokyo's 120-man Metropolitan Assembly, on charges that he had bribed and extorted his way to the speaker's chair-and the $55,000-a-year expense account that goes with it. Before the dust cleared, 18 other assemblymen, all Liberal Democrats, had followed Koyama into jail, and a storm of public outrage forced the assembly to dissolve itself in shame. Little wonder that a nationwide public opinion poll late last month showed Sato's popularity at an alltime...
...Councilors. Even so, the results were bad medicine for the government. The powerful Socialist Party made significant gains, as did the Soka Gakkai, a militant Buddhist organization whose Komeito (Clean Government) party emerged as a major political force by preaching pacifism, reform and anti-U.S. nationalism. In scandal-rocked Tokyo, government candidates could not win a single seat...
...face of racking scandal, few heads of government could have shown more outward aplomb than Prime Minister Lester Pearson. His Justice Minister Guy Favreau got a severe dressing down from Chief Justice Frédéric Dorion for having fumbled a notorious-bribery case involving four highly placed Liberals and a Montreal racketeer. For that, Favreau resigned (TIME, July 9), but Pearson loyally pronounced his continuing faith in his talented protégé. Last week Pearson named Favreau president of the Privy Council. The job might have been a sinecure, but Pearson tacked on a key role...
...these moves will strike Parliament when it reconvenes next September remains in doubt. Members of Pearson's Liberal minority government applauded his loyalty to Favreau. But Pearson failed to strengthen the leadership of a government in which the bribery scandal was only one of many difficulties needing attention-most importantly the conflict between the provinces and federal government, and the dangerous split between French-and English-speaking Canadians...
...restoration. But as a professional, one knows what and where, of course." Echoed Erede: "That is Haydn, of course. It is masterly-the most beautiful aria of the whole opera." When informed that Landon had composed the aria, both men were aghast. "This will cause a scandal in the world of music," whispered Erede...