Word: scandalizer
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...midst of the 1998 Lewinsky sex scandal, Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a distinguished classics professor at a small Massachusetts liberal arts college, embroils himself in a microcosm of similar scandal and tragedy: one chance comment in class provokes an accusation of racism that culminates in his resignation and the death of his wife. Based on the novel by Philip Roth, The Human Stain follows Silk through four major stages of self-identification: anger, denial, acceptance and confession. A self-made man in every sense of the word, Silk’s success in life embodies a severely warped version...
...There are schools in the Ivy League where fewer than 40 percent of the kids are receiving aid from the college,” he says. “To me, that’s a scandal, because then all you’re doing is giving even more advantage to kids who have all the advantages in the first place...
...time around, Belichick was a young coach with a so-so team on his hands, going 36-44 in five seasons. Belichick’s maturation from that time is clear from the way he handled the Brady-Drew Bledsoe controversy as opposed to the Benny Kosar-Vinny Testaverde scandal with the Browns...
...veteran of local politics, Miller—who last year championed an inquiry into a multi-million dollar scandal involving the incumbent mayor—promised to end corruption in the municipal government...
NOTEBOOK: Reaching out to the Taliban; investigating 9/11; an Israeli army leader vs. Sharon; how far does the mutual-fund scandal go?; Saks, Bloomie's and MTV launch new magazines...