Word: scandalizer
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...Will the fact that the ethics committee is back in business take some of the heat off DeLay? At best, Republicans say, it could give him some time to organize his defense-and make some Democrats sweat, as Republicans start aiming ethics charges their way. But when a scandal starts to take on a momentum of its own, says Souder, who is an ardent conservative and DeLay supporter, "you have to ask how much are you hurting the movement. Tom has to make that decision. The question is, can he get justice?" One thing DeLay can count on: The entire...
...trying to figure out Hamlet by way of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. But by moving frequently beyond the things McKibbin could know, Conant ends up providing an entertaining picture of day-to-day life in a deadly serious wartime enclave that still managed to have a baby boom, a prostitution scandal and its own tragedy--Oppenheimer...
...subsidized every major transportation advance in our nation's history," Saxton told me, "and this is one with national-security implications, given our dependence on oil from the Middle East." Political implications too: an ambitious energy-independence campaign would divert attention from the current congressional tawdriness, the Tom DeLay scandal, the Terri Schiavo intervention, the Social Security stalemate. It is boldness of a sort that George W. Bush usually loves--a patriotic way to simultaneously address high gasoline prices, the war on terrorism and the embarrassment of holding hands in public with the wrong people...
...when the foam of Mather Lather causes rashes to develop, it makes sense that the world should be captivated. The Associated Press recently compiled a report on the scandal of Mather Lather, which was distributed to media throughout the world. This story made its way to the Boston Globe, ABC, and, apparently, Atlanta radio. A mere rash, because it happened at Harvard, became newsworthy...
...sobering reality is that Mather Lather was interesting not because Harvard is unique, but because anything with Harvard attached to it has additional sensational spin. For some reason, news plus Harvard equals scandal...