Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pages, is now given full exposure in a riveting book, The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of B.C.C.I. (Random House), by investigative reporter Jonathan Beaty and senior editor S.C. Gwynne, who were among the first journalists to seize on the serpentine elements of this global scandal. After writing nearly a score of penetrating TIME articles, Beaty and Gwynne took a six-month leave of absence and, working from 750 lbs. of documents and notes, transformed a forbiddingly complex news story into a dramatic account of one of the most alarming criminal conspiracies of modern times...
Among other arcana, much less susceptible to understanding than the B.C.C.I. scandal, is the question that plagues cosmologists: How did the universe grow into its present form? Did it all start with the Big Bang, or the Great Void? The Great Attractor, or the Great Wall? Science writer Michael D. Lemonick follows this adventure of discovery in The Light at the Edge of the Universe (Villard), which will be published next month. While the answers still elude cosmologists, Lemonick's chronicle draws us compellingly into these mysteries. Together with his colleagues, he demonstrates how responsible journalism can create...
...sure, no one counts Japan out, or even very far down. The stumbling economy still stands an outside chance of overtaking the U.S. in total production sometime in the next decade. Though the Liberal Democratic Party is torn by scandal and dissension, no other party or coalition is anywhere near strong enough yet to snatch away all its power. What passes for social protest in Japan might look like placidity elsewhere. A Japanese gripe session is likely to end on the word shoganai (roughly: nothing can be done about it). Though rap music has come to Japan, the most assertive...
Today, other top universities-not limited to UVA-have decided that they, too, must regulate the private affairs of their employees and pupils. Recently publicized case of sexual harassment, including the Navy's Tailhook scandal and University of Oklahoma Professor Anita Hill's allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, may have led to increased concern about sexual intimidation by authority figures...
...breadth of the current Italian bribery and corruption scandal involving government and business leaders is no longer just impressive; it's staggering. Last Tuesday, Finance Minister Franco Reviglio became the latest prominent casualty, resigning after being targeted for investigation. Warned Prime Minister Giuiliano Amato: "The life cycle of the government is running out." The 14-month probe's awesome numbers...