Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sensationalism. Tales of sexual adventures and charges of mendacity were already staples when the subject of mental instability popped up last week. "This is the most bizarre race in the state's history," says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, an expert in ugly campaigns. "To have two scandal-drenched candidates is a breakdown of Virginia's norms...
...brass is just one sign of the steady decline of influence among America's military academies. They have come under siege by critics who believe they cost too much and should be radically changed. The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, which is struggling to recover from a major cheating scandal, will host a discussion this month aptly titled "Service Academies: Leadership Crucibles or Magnificent Anachronisms?" All the academies are suffering from declining enrollment and struggling to develop a curriculum suitable to the post-cold war era. By doing so, however, they risk losing the very thing that set them apart...
...real scandal in welfare isn't the bad apples who break the law and abuse the system. The real scandal is the system itself," Weld says. "Welfare in Massachusetts is bankrupt. It is corrupt. It is messed up. And we're going to tear it apart and make it work...
Students were evenly divided on whether Clinton has told the truth about the Whitewater affair, the scandal involving President and Mrs. Clinton's investment in a real estate venture, the Whitewater Development Corporation, and its ties to a failed savings and loan...
This happened to the German metals and mining concern Metallgesellschaft last year after it charged into the derivatives market. The company bought oil futures for a subsidiary -- just before oil prices collapsed -- leaving it < with $1.3 billion in losses and triggering a national scandal. Prosecutors have been investigating the role of fired CEO Heinz Schimmelbusch, who has denied doing anything wrong. Nonetheless, bank creditors demanded the layoff of 7,500 ofMetallgesellschaft's 46,000 employees and the sale of several divisions as the price for rescuing the company...