Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SAVINGS AND loan debacle of the '80s, when Uncle Sam was forced to spend $150 billion to bail out hundreds of thrifts that had made bad loans, largely for bad real estate? Japan, famous for its ability to copy and enlarge upon invention, has an S&L-like banking scandal of even greater proportion--perhaps a trillion dollars' worth. The fiasco is so large it could even disrupt Wall Street, which relies heavily on Japanese money...
...boom is giving way to backlash. In a state-by-state slugfest, grass-roots groups are battling the gambling industry in ballot referendums, court suits and local legislatures. In Louisiana the public outcry over a bribery scandal involving video poker and the bankruptcy of a planned $800 million casino in New Orleans prompted the Governor to convene the legislature in special session this week to consider an outright ban on both types of games. Last week Kansas and Maryland legislators defeated measures to allow slots at racetracks and off-track betting parlors. In the past three months nine states have...
...affair is that the NBA let the issue get out of hand at all. With an incredible record for resolving potential work-stoppages, contract disputes and controversies of all kinds, it's amazing that the NBA allowed the Abdul-Rauf's affair to evolve, if only briefly, into a scandal...
Twisted as the drama may seem, the Jorge case was a heartache waiting to happen. During the past decade, the number of U.S. fertility clinics has swelled tenfold, to 300, yet the industry has evaded any regulatory oversight. Last May scandal erupted when Asch and two other UCI doctors were accused of stealing eggs and embryos from as many as 100 patients for research or implantation in others. Asch, who has fled to Mexico City, is currently under federal investigation for mail fraud, tax evasion and fertility-drug smuggling, as well as the thefts. Professing his innocence, he told TIME...
...knows all about peeling back layers of mystery and complexity. He was a Pulitzer-prizewinning reporter and front-page editor at the Wall Street Journal, where he supervised many investigative stories. Stewart's last book was Den of Thieves, a gripping account of the 1980s Wall Street insider-trading scandals. Two years ago, he began peering through the aura of scandal that continues to surround the Clinton White House. The result is a new book, Blood Sport, which is to be published this week and is excerpted exclusively in this issue...