Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...raising and administration, 75 cents for good works. These are not unreasonable amounts, but they compare unfavorably to the cost of raising money through taxes and delivering social services through the government. Although Aramony's excesses were unusual in the world of charities, they make the congressional check-kiting scandal look like small beer. And even normal compensation for top charity executives exceeds the pay of top government administrators. If you're looking for a charity bargain, think Uncle...
...primaries is even lower than usual, and much of the stay-at-home electorate may be too bitter to bother to vote in November. The recession is seen as a talisman of America's long-term economic decline, rather than just as a cyclical downturn. The House-bank scandal underscores the impression that Congress is mired in corruption. "There's something out there of major significance," says University of Texas political scientist Walter Dean Burnham. "Thank God we're not a culture that produces Fuhrer figures very easily. Because the underlying conditions that do that are in the process...
...obvious beneficiary is Brown -- Public Enemy No. 1 for Establishment Democrats -- who inherits a larger platform than he might otherwise deserve. The former California Governor's shrill attacks on Clinton as the "scandal a week" candidate of complacent political insiders led the customarily neutral / party chairman, Ron Brown, to denounce the candidate's "scorched-earth policy" of verbally assaulting the Democratic front runner. Snapped Jerry Brown: "I think it is understandable that ((Ron Brown)) becomes overzealous in his protection of the old order...
...protect his position. Foley let Russ off with a warning, and asked an outside group of bankers to look at the system. Even though their April 1990 report clearly stated that some members were making "excessive use" of the overdraft provision, the Speaker let matters drift until the current scandal broke, which led to the bank's closing last December and Russ's resignation earlier this month...
...that while orthodox religion can be stifling, liberal religion can be empty. Many people seem to want a faith that is rigorous and demanding, or else more personal and emotional. That explains in part why denominations outside the mainstream are doing well, including Fundamentalists (despite the decline of the scandal-riddled TV ministries...