Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...marriage to the daughter of a rich onetime business associate of the Vanderbilts. In 1897 President McKinley appointed him Engineers' Corps representative on the American Canal Commission and military attache at the Court of St. James's. Few weeks later his career was ended abruptly by a scandal which humiliated the Army, filled the Press for months...
...laparotomist gets through his work. But real experience in surgery is usually reserved for the man who intends to spend another year or more as a "resident" in surgery. As for training in delivering babies, the paucity of opportunity in that important field of medicine is a great scandal among doctors interested in obstetrical education...
...gunmen probably did not wish to cause a general slaughter. Rather, their purpose was to cause a general scandal that would discredit us in our determination not to waste public money in bonuses. . . . This sad incident is evidence that the majority of Mexico's legislators are solidly behind our leader." Next day 17 suspected Deputies were voted out of their seats by the majority bloc, threatened with criminal procedure, a move which practically wiped out the right wing minority that started the shooting. While humble Mexicans celebrated their 125th independence day. Congress prepared to swear in 19 new Deputies...
Paralleling Jerphanion's story is that of Mionnet, a shrewd young priest who is sent to the provinces to prevent a scandal in the Church. An aging Bishop has foolishly lent his prestige to a shady business deal, and Mionnet, authorized to settle the question, makes friends with the Bishop's enemies, conducts himself with circumspection and wit until his landlady's daughter proves a sufficient attraction to make him break his priestly vows. Occasional chapters, inserted between these two major developments, carry forward the stories of Gurau, the deputy, who breaks with his mistress, and Jallez...
...flee the country, was discovered by Sophie and subsequently strangled in his bed. An investigation, establishing Sophie's guilt, was suppressed by the king. Sophie had her wealth, her entrée into society, but she was hissed in the theatre, snubbed on all sides, while her scandal nearly overthrew the government. She developed into a monstrous, muscular, scowling and ugly woman, adopted a daughter, lived ten years after the Prince's death, became extremely pious, doing great good works for the poor...