Word: scandalizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wapshot Scandal...
...WAPSHOT SCANDAL, by John Cheever. In chronicling the calamitous entry of the genteel Wapshot family into the 20th century's mobile society, Novelist Cheever again displays his unique perspective on contemporary American life...
...Group, McCarthy (1 last week) 2. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, LeCarre (2) 3. The Venetian Affair, Maclnnes (4) 4. The Wapshot Scandal, Cheever (6) 5. The Hat on the Bed, O'Hara (5) 6. The Shoes of the Fisherman, West (3) 7. Caravans, Michener (7) 8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Fleming (10) 9. Take Heed of Loving Me, Vining 10. The Living Reed, Buck...
...furious cops gave his knuckles such a beating that he bears the lumps to this day. The baroness took the rap for "some loose marijuana" found in the trunk, but after three years' legal maneuvering she was acquitted. No narcotics charges were placed against Monk, but because of the scandal the police again picked up his card...
...pile of earth and stared in disgust at the putrid and dismembered remains of Belle Crippen. Some months later, Belle's husband, Dr. Hawley Crippen, was brought to trial for her murder. The penny press played him up as Britain's own Bluebeard, and the scandal provided some of the least savory sensations of the Edwardian era. Dr. Crippen was convicted, and on Nov. 23, 1910, he went to the gallows, protesting his innocence...