Word: scandalizing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proud. A lawyer by training, Jim Jr. has to work hard to appear common, but he's got the stocky carriage, swagger and serious blue eyes that summon up the visage of the Teamster leader who disappeared 22 years ago. Perhaps even more important, as almost daily disclosures of scandal cripple the 1.4 million-member union, Hoffa has a last name that could catapult him to the union's presidency. "My father must be smiling down from heaven today," he says...
...which Hoffa was narrowly defeated. And it's far from certain that Carey will even be allowed to participate in the rerun election scheduled to begin in January. Hoffa, meanwhile, is out campaigning, raising money, plugging a reformist platform and decrying what he describes as the "biggest scandal in the history of labor...
...offered 12,000 kuna ($2,000) in a national competition for a new slogan, the winner--"Croatia, Paradise on Earth"--seemed suspiciously weak. Turns out the author was the wife of Minister of Tourism Niko Bulic, who had entered the contest under her maiden name, Dubravka Petricic. Since the scandal broke, Bulic has resigned and promised to give the prize money to charity. As for a slogan, it appears that they're sticking to the "Paradise on Earth" thing. After all, the previous slogan was "Croatia--A Small Country for a Big Holiday." Maybe she really did win on merit...
...This Attorney General, however, is fighting every scandal to hit Washington since Nixon resigned, since it was proved to America that when there's smoke, there's sinister fire. For two decades it's been an accusers' market and a political feast. This time, it's Republicans at the trough, and they're not about to leave unsated...
...finance. The 87-year-old firm also has a reputation as Wall Street's version of a frat-jock house. Its swaggering, foul-mouthed and lavishly rewarded traders epitomized the masters-of-the-universe Wall Street culture of the 1980s. That swagger was staggered by a government bond-trading scandal in 1991 from which the firm never really recovered. Needing to broaden its portfolio beyond bonds to stay competitive, Salomon CEO Deryck Maughan approached Weill in August with a proposal. When Weill got the blessing of Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who controls an 18.5% stake in Salomon that...