Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that electronic technology would someday provide. About betrayal, the diverse ways in which people use and abuse the confidence of others who trust them, Dante possessed an encyclopedic knowledge and an unforgiving eye. He consigned history's fraudulent figures, including those who gave bad counsel or who spread scandal, to various folds in his eighth circle of hell. The only lower and more hideously painful depth was the ninth circle, the place Dante reserved for those who went beyond personal betrayal into public treachery...
...press and the Washington establishment have been taking a beating for getting this one so totally wrong. But that's not fair. What about you? Suppose someone told you a year ago that the big story of 1998 would be a sex scandal involving the President and that it would reveal a great "disconnect" between Washington and the rest of the country. Then suppose you were asked to guess who was on which side. Put aside your own views on Presidents, oral sex, interns, perjury and so on. Would you have predicted that Washington would be outraged and the rest...
...Livingston reports were "just the beginning." He has a list, he said, of a dozen straying politicians, including one Republican Senator who participated in a "threesome." Hustler says it may reveal more names at the start of the New Year. Even with Livingston gone, the era of sexual scandal his name will be part of shows every sign of enduring...
...first time in memory, our decision came down to the final week. When we began deliberating in early November, the midterm elections made it appear that the Monica Lewinsky scandal might recede into being but a tale of sound and fury signifying little. The global economic turmoil and roiling stock markets could turn out, it seemed, to be of more lasting importance, so there were folks such as Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to consider. There were also some inspiring options, such as the Irish peacemakers or that icon of nostalgia and exploration John Glenn...
...while, as you may have read (we're not great at keeping secrets), she was our leading contender. Her strength and her almost surreal ability to assert her dignity were remarkable to some and mystifying to others. She also, for many months, helped determine how the nation framed the scandal debate by portraying it as a partisan battle and disgusting prosecutorial invasion of personal privacy. So why didn't we choose her? Sentimentally, a lot of us wanted to; I personally was fascinated and impressed by her. But it came down to who, in the end, had the most impact...