Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran-contra scandal and fears of economic decline have prompted a change, and the Congress has joined the fight for free exchange of information, observers...
Every Democratic candidate has come out in favor of more open government and fewer restriction on scientific information, in part as a result of the Iran-contra scandal. On the Republican side, however, Vice President George Bush has not separated himself from the Reagan Administration's policies. Nonetheless, analysts believe Bush may have to change his stance...
...does not. But Michael Josephson, a former Loyola law professor who now heads his own ethics institute in Los Angeles, notes an important distinction. A pardon, he believes, should never be issued by a person involved in the case, as Reagan is in the Iran-contra scandal. No President ever seems to have done so. "Even when Ford pardoned Nixon, there was no question of Ford's being involved in Watergate," says Josephson. "Reagan, on the other hand, could pardon everyone, theoretically including himself. I can't possibly see how that could be proper...
...arrest may backfire on Roh. Opposition politicians have seized on the scandal as evidence of how corruption went unpunished during the Chun years. The case has also reminded voters that as Home Minister from 1982 to 1983, Roh was responsible for overseeing Saemaul...
Long before the scandal, Swaggart was a source of dissension. Despite his high-tech ministry and opulent life-style, Swaggart was ever on the hunt for heresy and "worldliness," championing the simpler Pentecostalism of old. He targeted dozens of the newer congregations that are experiencing the greatest U.S. growth. Many participate in the interdenominational charismatic movement, which often tolerates modern feel-good theologies and rejects old taboos (drinking, smoking, dancing). Remarks Tommy Reid, pastor of a 5,000-member church near Buffalo: "I certainly don't want to be from the backwoods, where there are rules and regulations a mile...