Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Edwards went down in defeat, but he went out with a bang. The campaign smelled as bad as sugar cane in October. One of Edwards' campaign managers had been embroiled in a scandal involving abuse of his position on LSU's board of directors. On the day of the election when asked by some voters for help working the machines, officials took the ballots and registered their own choice. Edwards...
Quick, what's Greek for Gary Hart? Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 68, may need to know. For more than a month there have been parallels between the scandal that enveloped the former U.S. presidential candidate and the furor over the amorous antics of Greece's leader, who has been married for 36 years. The cause of the fuss: Dimitra Liani, a sultry stewardess in her early 30s and the Prime Minister's frequent companion...
Papandreou's interest in Liani has been an open secret in Greek social circles. But scandal surfaced after he failed to attend Sept. 13 commemoration ceremonies for last year's earthquake in the southern town of Kalamata. Within days press reports claimed that Papandreou had spent that weekend on a yacht , in the Aegean with Liani. Three weeks ago, the first picture of Papandreou and Liani as a couple appeared on the cover of the normally progovernment monthly Eikones. As tongues wag louder, the Prime Minister is maintaining a stony silence about the affair...
...publicity or propaganda purposes. Since 1985, the body found, the State Department has been illegally conducting a "covert propaganda" operation to "favorably influence" public support for the Nicaraguan contras. While this may appear to be one of the more insignificant revelations to emerge in connection with the Iran-contra scandal, it in fact illustrates a dangerous trend toward the politicization of previously non-political entities...
...baby. Ever since Bakker was caught in an adultery scandal and gave Falwell custody of his empire, the two have been flailing away at each other. At stake, beyond whatever should be rendered to God, are the sprawling Heritage USA theme park, a large cable network, a daily TV show, two hotels, a shopping mall and other oddments based in Fort Mill, S.C. The empire is worth $170 million but has debts of $62 million. During his 204-day rule, Falwell managed to raise $23 million but failed to rally the 114,000 "Lifetime Partners." They had sent Bakker contributions...