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There is another Idol contestant, Trenyce, who was convicted of felony theft. Her candor with the producers, however, has saved her a spot on the show. So if Dartboard wants intrigue and scandal, there is still hope; vote for Trenyce and make her the next American Idol...
Occasionally, a story will come along that is too extraordinary for the press to ignore, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals embezzlement scandal being a notable example. There were nearly $91,000 missing on the hands of a blonde social butterfly—who had famously kissed Anthony Hopkins before dozens of cameras—who used the money to throw parties and go to spas, and her partner in crime was a DVD-hoarding, alleged drug user. Factor in an illustrious drag theater group, a parade of Hollywood celebrities, and a year of corporate misdoing, all at Harvard...
Besides propelling him into infamy, though, Yasin believes that the scandal did not ultimately change the course of events. “Harvard could not have censored me without compromising on many of its basic principles,” says Yasin. “The media coverage generated a lot of negative correspondence for the University, which put it under a lot of pressure to be as noncommittal as possible. If you will notice, President Summers completely reorganized the commencement speaking committee so that nothing like this could ever happen again...
...there; fired the special prosecutor for the case who had been hired by his Justice Department; defied court orders to turn over the tapes; and then, faced with certain impeachment by Congress, announced his resignation on Aug. 8, 1974, the only American President ever to quit the job. The scandal poisoned national politics and undermined public trust in government for decades. --By John F. Stacks
Look at what we all "knew" on that August day in 1974 when Richard Nixon waved goodbye, boarded a helicopter and flew off into exile. The scandal that engulfed Nixon, his first Vice President, Attorney General and top White House aides was, nearly everyone agreed, clearly a windfall of immense proportions for the Democratic Party. And it was: in the 1974 midterm elections that gave the Democrats huge Congressional gains--43 House seats and three Senate seats--and in the unlikely elevation of a peanut farmer and Washington outsider named Jimmy Carter to the Presidency two years later...