Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just when NASA thought it had found a way to break through the clouds, it was hit by the last thing the beleaguered agency needs: a fresh scandal. Last Wednesday, while Endeavour was fueling up for its Thursday morning blast-off, two Houston TV stations and nbc Nightly News with Tom Brokaw reported that NASA had been targeted by an FBI sting operation -- code-named Lightning Strike -- that had snared agency employees and contractors...
With the addition of the science comp, some reporters may not share that sentiment. Their job, they might feel, is to interest readers in the possibilities of genetics, not to find waste and scandal in the Bio Labs. They'd rather leave that to the investigative team...
...still remember the steroid scandal of the football team's recent past. Maine's entire athletic program stands at a crossroads, as whispered questions of integrity mount into agonized groans of recognition--quite a come-down from last year's veneer of impenetrability surrounding college hockey's national champions...
...Ratzinger and Kung were young theological stars advising the West German contingent. In those heady days, Ratzinger and Kung applauded from the sidelines as Joseph Cardinal Frings, the Archbishop of Cologne, electrified the council by calling the prosecutorial tactics of the very office Ratzinger now leads "a cause of scandal to the world." Ratzinger is said to have ghostwritten most of that speech...
Ironically, all the scandal has had little adverse effect on Jackson's finances. Jackson's personal publicist announced a new agreement between the superstar's ATV Music Publishing catalogue (which retains many of the Beatles songs) and recorded-music giant EMI. The deal will reportedly make Jackson $90 million richer. Meanwhile, a video compilation called Dangerous: The Short Films has just been released. According to one technician who worked on the compilation, there were serious discussions earlier this fall of cutting out every scene in the video that featured Michael playing around with little kids, but that never happened...