Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events that prompted the Irancontra scandal were illegal and undemocratic, said House Iran-contra Committee Counsel John Nields in a panel discussion last night...
...Secretary William S. Noble said the proposal could exacerbate what is "close to becoming a scandal," referring to the loss of previously rent-controlled buildings. He estimated that about one-third of the residences initially entrusted to the Rent Control Board have been lost to the unregulated market...
...film. Before the Revolution (1964) and The Conformist (1970) swooned with infatuation for radical politics and complex storytelling. With Last Tango in Paris (1972), Bertolucci looked to have conquered Hollywood on his own terms. Its desperate, soft-core sex and the voluptuous rankness of Marlon Brando's monologues stirred scandal wherever it played. While an Italian court was convicting Bertolucci, Brando and Co-Star Maria Schneider of obscenity, Tango was breaking U.S. box-office records for a foreign-language film...
...Hwan, 57, stepped down as President of South Korea in February, critics charged that he planned to exercise behind-the-scenes control over Roh Tae Woo, his protege and successor. Last week, though, Chun took quite a different step: he surrendered his remaining public posts in connection with a scandal involving his brother, Chun Kyung Hwan, 45, who has been charged with embezzling $9.6 million in national development funds. Declaring that "I have failed to control my brother," Chun resigned as head of a council that advises the President on national affairs, and as honorary president of the governing Democratic...
...White House is concerned, [Nixon's] rehabilitation is complete--there's tremendous respect for him around here." Reagan is known to consult often with Nixon about certain policies, such as the bombing of Libya, and even called for advice on how to handle the Iran-Contra scandal...