Word: scandalous
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...churches of Britain, at a historic conference in Nottingham last September, could confidently set a target date for their organic union in 1980. Catholic-Protestant cooperation, the dream of prophetic scholars a decade ago, is becoming so firmly rooted in parish practice that there is neither surprise nor scandal when Roman Catholics join Episcopalians for a service at Cambridge's Christ Church to celebrate the first Sunday of Advent. Liturgy is also bringing the churches together, as Catholics switch to the vernacular and Protestants increasingly
...scandal deepened in October 1963, the Democratic leadership pushed through a measure that essentially shoved the case into an administrative backroom--the Senate Rules and Administration committee which had never before undertaken a major investigation. The committee usually oversees the Senate Restaurant, the Botanical Gardens, and the painting and statuary on the Hill. In committee, two major problems arose. Three of the Democratic members preferred to defer to a subcommittee headed by the less than energetic Carl Hayden. The chairman, B. Everett Jordan (D-N.C.) refused. Secondly, an impartial counsel had to be brought in from cutside the Senate...
...allocations. Secondly, are there structural changes lessening the abuse of privilege? Many islands of personal power sanctioned by the seniority rules necessitate the use of coercive tactics, of influences of all types. Robert Baker was a child of the Senate. But was that revered institution a school for scandal...
...Scandal Spurred Study...
...Overseers' interest in parietals was prompted by the "Harvard sex scandal" of a year ago, when an intramural discussion of visiting hours exploded onto the front pages of newspapers all over the country...