Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WITH THE GARY Hart/Donna Rice scandal now a week old, it is time to reevaluate the numerous accusations of misconduct that have been levelled since the story broke, in particular those which called into question the responsibility of the press...
...scandal that ran its course with wildfire quickness promises to raise questions for a long time to come. Almost as soon as The Miami Herald reported the liason between Gary Hart and model Donna Rice, Hart countered by questioning the Herald's handling the story. Hart claimed, among other things, that the Herald's surveillance of his townhouse was slipshod and that no attempt was made to interview those involved...
What arguements on the subject have so far overlooked is the role that the public has played in the unravelling of the Hart scandal. Ultimately, both the press and the candidates that it covers are answerable to a public with very definite ideas of what is acceptable and what is not. One may argue that the private behavior of a political candidate is immaterial to his public performance in office. Yet the candidates themselves use their private lives as selling points in glossy TV ads featuring their homes and families. So long as the public remains interested in candidates' characters...
Wherever the complicated trail of the Iran-contra affair leads, it seems at some point to intersect with retired Air Force Major General Richard V. Secord. The blunt, no-nonsense West Point graduate has remained aloof and silent since the scandal broke last November. But beginning Tuesday, when he appears as the joint congressional committee's opening witness, the mysterious Secord may become a household name and perhaps the first man to piece together the complex puzzle of Iranscam...
Reagan could easily understand Nakasone's political troubles because he has plenty of his own in the wake of the Iran-contra scandal. In addition, Reagan has to deal with a Congress that has become increasingly protectionist. As America's trade deficit has steadily grown, political leaders have become more and more vocal in their demands for a halt in Japanese imports. Tokyo last week released new figures showing that Japan's worldwide trade surplus ballooned to an astonishing $101.4 billion in the twelve-month period that ended in March. Some $52 billion of that bulge came from trade with...