Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hands-on" philosophy. The recent shake-ups in the Dukakis campaign hierarchy, in which Dukakis fired two of his most trusted advisors for unethical practices, show that for him, the ends do not justify the means. This is a refreshing and attractive attitude after eight years of the most scandal-ridden administration in history, presided over by a man who neither knows nor cares what his subordinates do in his name...
Quickly affirming that Sasso would no longer be involved with the campaign and that she had not known of the sabotage, Estrich pushed the campaign beyond the scandal and attracted public attention to issues of policy...
...along, though, there were, inevitable questions about Mulheren's success. As a risk arbitrager who speculated in volatile takeover stocks, he was a member of a tight clique of operators that included Ivan Boesky. When Boesky was caught up 15 months ago in history's biggest insider-trading scandal, investigators started to close in on Mulheren...
...sermon taped shortly before the scandal broke, Swaggart pleaded with his herd to send more money, claiming that Bakker's fall from grace was causing a drain on funds. He warned that Satan would find ways to thwart God's work. Obviously, Swaggart pays God's salary and He recently demanded a raise. But the Bakker sex scandal did not stop the flow of postal trucks arriving every day at Swaggart's complex, which has its very own zip code...
...hoped Reagan would cut out the graft and corruption on Capitol Hill. But Reagan's buddies--Lyn Nofziger, Michael Deaver, Edwin Meese, and a couple dozen others--have been less than ethical. She wanted honesty in government--instead she got the Iran-contra scandal. She wanted a hands-on president--instead she got one who slept through Cabinet meetings and delegated decision-making to junior staff members...