Word: scandalizing
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...midst of the 1998 Lewinsky sex scandal, Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a distinguished classics professor at a small Massachusetts liberal arts college, embroils himself in a microcosm of similar scandal and tragedy. One chance comment in class provokes an accusation of racism that culminates in his resignation and the death of his wife. Based on the novel by Philip Roth, The Human Stain follows Silk through four major stages of self-identification: anger, denial, acceptance and confession. A self-made man in every sense of the word, Silk’s success in life embodies a severely warped version...
...What impact do you think the Jayson Blair scandal has had on the public’s view of the media...
...general is a central figure in an escalating scandal regarding the IAF’s alleged use of a “secret banned weapon” in an October mission over the Gaza Strip. Halutz also drew criticism for his alleged insensitivity to the human costs of IAF missions. “I don’t feel a thing, except a slight bump in the airplane when the bomb is released,” he said in one recent interview...
...appears voters may have been sold a pig in a poke. Roh the reformer is being dragged into a widening campaign-financing scandal involving several of his closest advisers, who are suspected of bankrolling Roh's campaign the old-fashioned way: by passing the hat to corporate chieftains for illegal campaign contributions. Already, Roh's personal secretary has resigned and the administration's former secretary for general affairs has been arrested. As allegations of illegal fund raising and personal corruption ensnare a growing list of aides and the country's most powerful corporations, Roh's troubled presidency is facing...
...spied for Taiwan or China. "I never planned to do anything to support the Chinese government and never thought of harming the U.S. government," she wrote, adding bizarrely that her "dream" was to host a radio talk show in China. Genuine human-rights activists find a lesson in the scandal. Says Xiao Qiang, the former executive director of New York-based Human Rights in China, which lobbied hard for Gao's release: "It's time Americans realized that just because someone is a victim doesn't mean she's a hero...