Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boorda said he was taking his life because he feared the investigation into his decorations could tarnish not only his reputation but that of the Navy as well. Boorda was the Navy's top uniformed officer and succeeded Admiral Frank Kelso as chief of Naval operations after the Tailhook scandal. Inheriting an institution battered by sex harassment and drug use charges, Boorda made it his mission to emphasize the need for honor among Naval forces. Boorda was highly respected in both military and civilian circles. Friday, Defense Secretary William J. Perry praised Boorda in a speech at Maryland's Andrews...
Bradlee is best known for heading the Post when it broke the Watergate scandal...
...Boorda said he was taking his life because he feared the investigation into his decorations could tarnish not only his reputation but that of the Navy as well. Boorda was the Navy's top uniformed officer and succeeded Admiral Frank Kelso as chief of Naval operations after the Tailhook scandal. Inheriting an institution battered by sex harassment and drug use charges, Boorda made it his mission to emphasize the need for honor among Naval forces. Boorda was highly respected in both military and civilian circles. Friday, Defense Secretary William J. Perry praised Boorda in a speech at Maryland's Andrews...
...Michael Boorda, died Thursday at his Washington Navy Yard home apparently of a self-inflicted shot to the chest. Boorda, who went by the name of Mike, was the Navy's top uniformed officer and had succeeded Admiral Frank Kelso II as chief of naval operations after the Tailhook scandal. "Admiral Boorda was highly respectable and respected," says TIME's Mark Thompson. "He was never a scandal mongerer and there is a lot of speculation among the top Admirals why he would do this." The 57 year old Boorda was the first sailor to have risen through the enlisted ranks...
Perhaps Americans' insatiable craving for scandal makes this a big story. But even as a citizen deeply concerned about the role of money in politics, I can't help but yawn when hearing these charges. This is not only because the wholesale influence-peddling that goes on uncommented in Congress and state legislatures is a much bigger story. More importantly, what difference do the maximum contribution limits really mean for campaigns? How is the electoral process made more fair if lots of upper middle class people control campaign funding instead of a few magnates...