Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alas, there is a great deal of money at stake in Greaseman's show; and I have even heard some commentators suggest that Greaseman's market value has increased as a result of this scandal. So the chances are that he will get his show back. "No laws were broken," we will hear, "and if we don't have free speech in this country, what do we have...
...spite of opposition to covering President Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky, Donaldson said the scandal drew in a large audience...
While the news media made mistakes in its coverage of the scandal, most stories were accurate, Donaldson said...
...forthright as ever. He chided the Republicans for shifting too far to the right, praised George W. Bush for being more moderate than his dad, said Elizabeth Dole will be a formidable candidate, and questioned the wisdom of committing U.S. troops in Kosovo. He lamented that the Clinton scandal and the failure to resolve it quickly with a bipartisan censure "had an adverse effect on the presidency...
...that last point, he is surely correct. But what is just as true, and what is all the more remarkable because it almost goes without saying, is that the institution survived intact. In fact, the scandal showed once again the resilience of our democracy. That is also what struck me as I wandered through the TIME exhibition. It was a pleasant reminder of how abiding is our reverence for the presidency and how well placed is our faith in our system...