Word: scandalizer
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...September, French publishers Gallimard issued three Roth works, all translated by Kamoun: The Dying Animal (now a French best-seller), Shoptalk and a new, more accurate translation of The Counterlife. Before Roth had even published The Human Stain, his best-selling 2000 meditation on race, sexual scandal and identity in America, he was discussing its special challenges with Kamoun. "He told me, 'Josée, this one's got a word that might be a bit difficult,'" she recalls. The book's narrative hinges on a misunderstanding of "spooks," which is both a term for ghosts and a 1950s racist...
...those innocent postwar years, when instead of funny books on politics, the best-seller lists were headed by deadly serious books on sex. The 1948 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and its 1953 sequel on female sexuality turned their author, Alfred Kinsey, into a star and a scandal magnet. But in a distant, Olympian way. Those were the days before TV up-close-and-personalized, and upended and trivialized, every newsmaker. Back then, the name Kinsey was a metaphor for the kicking down of America's bedroom doors and the cataloging of the dark secrets inside. The man, though...
...against Bondi in bankruptcy court, arguing that there is no legitimate reason why their claims as creditors should be cut out. Even the U.S. government has jumped in. Scott Kilner, minister counselor for economic affairs at the U.S. embassy in Rome, says his office has been following the Parmalat scandal closely. "We want to be sure that in this case, like in others, U.S. companies are receiving fair and equal treatment," he said. As for Parmalat's own management, while many executives have acknowledged to magistrates that they played a role in the fraud, most point the finger at Tanzi...
...weeks later, on Dec. 19, 2003, the biggest corporate scam in European history was exposed when Parmalat confirmed that an account it had claimed to have at Bank of America with €3.95 billion in cash simply did not exist. That was merely the first revelation in the scandal that turned Parmalat into Europe's Enron, a morass of fraud and financial failure made all the more dramatic by the fact that the company was Italy's eighth largest and had established itself as a global consumer brand. In the past year, the story of Parmalat has emerged in fits...
...Wales. Fresh Questions EUROPEAN UNION Just as the European Parliament finally approved Commission President José Manuel Barroso's recast team, a new embarrassment emerged: Frenchman Jacques Barrot, the new Commissioner for Transport, was found guilty in 2000 of "abuse of confidence" in connection with a party funding scandal. Barrot was pardoned by French President Jacques Chirac and his conviction was expunged. Another Roundup SPAIN Police arrested 19 suspected members of the Basque terrorist group ETA in raids in the north of the country. ETA sent a message to a Basque radio station threatening further violence against the armed forces...