Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...House ethics committee -- whichincoming Speaker Newt Gingrichrecently considered folding -- today took up a festering mini-scandal concerning Gingrich himself. A new complaint from the candidate Gingrich recently defeated, Democratic Rep. Ben Jones, alleges newly obtained phone records show there were frequent calls about a college course taught by Gingrich, involving the Georgia Republican's congressional staff and his political action committee (known as GOPAC). A committee letter said the documents raise questions about whether the activity was, in fact, partisan. But some on the bipartisan panel are angry the letter was leaked to the press, saying it's unclear that...
...INVESTIGATING PAINEWEBBER: The Securities and Exchange Commission, according to today's Wall Street Journal, is looking into whether PaineWebber improperly sold billions of dollars of limited partnerships to investors -- a potential scandal similar to one that scarred Prudential Securities. The SEC is investigating whether brokers made false and misleading statements and omitted facts regarding risks to investors in certain partnerships, sources close to the investigation told The Associated Press. PaineWebber says it is cooperating fully with the SEC's review. The SEC is also reportedly investigating partnership sales practices of other Wall Street firms, including Merrill Lynch & Co. The probe...
Still reeling from the Tailhook sex scandal, the Navy was hit again with sexual-harassment charges. Officials revealed they were looking into the complaints of 16 female students at a naval training facility in San Diego who said they had been verbally harassed and, in some cases, groped by instructors. The Navy, hoping to demonstrate its new sensitivity, said an investigation had begun "immediately...
...laundering transactions on behalf of a Mexican drug organization. (Two bank officials were convicted on laundering and fraud charges earlier this year.) TIME assistant editor Bernard Baumohl, who covers business, says the troubles are part of a domino effect in law enforcement following the world's largest international banking scandal -- the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). "The Justice Department has been aggressively trying to find a weak link in the international money-laundering business, and the weak link would be in any international bank," he says...
Roberts spent a lot of time questioning her own institution, the media. She said there is no point in the press digging to uncover a scandal if there's nothing anyone can do about...