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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whistle-blowers did not fare as well. Two were demoted, and the third was pressured to transfer to another city. But all, they say, were harassed by some of the same higher-ups who had rushed to Santella's aid. Top IRS and Treasury Department officials dismissed the whistle-blowers' cries of harassment. But in 1987 an independent IRS "grievance examiner" concluded, in a report obtained by TIME, that their complaints were justified. Nothing was done, however, until Barnard's subcommittee began asking questions in early 1988. The whistle-blowers were reinstated in their former positions, and Santella was forced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Delinquent Taxmen | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...Secretary is also hampered by Bush's lackluster leadership. So far, the White House has filled only four of the top 13 Education Department positions. Nor has Bush shown much generosity in funding: his $22.3 billion education budget for 1990 does not allow for inflation, effectively eroding future buying power. Says former U.S. Commissioner of Education Harold Howe: "That was a signal that Bush was going to look like the education President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Go to The Rear of the Class | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

Early this month, at a meeting of Moscow-based members of the new legislature attended by Mikhail Gorbachev, Gdlyan delivered a 47-minute speech charging top Communists with corruption. Soviet sources say that when he finished, Gorbachev advised him to make sure he was right "because I will ask you tough questions." A few days later, Pravda disclosed that Gdlyan would be suspended from his post as prosecutor. The official reason: misconduct in a 1983 corruption investigation of Estonian scientist and nationalist Johannes Khint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Back-Alley Politics in the Kremlin | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...rumored to have been summoned by distressed old-line Democrats who were profoundly concerned that the scandals were gravely hurting the House and shaming the Democratic Party across the nation. One unconfirmed story had it that O'Neill, who disappeared as mysteriously as he came, had fingered the entire top Democratic leadership of the House as damaged goods who should be replaced by fresh men such as Indiana's Lee Hamilton and Missouri's Dick Gephardt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Ethics Monster Rages | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...Wright affair has a low-priority rating among most Americans. That may , change with the televised debate. It appears that many people are just beginning to understand that the Speaker is at the top of our political structure along with the President and the Chief Justice of the U.S. An assault on his authority is a historic event. No Speaker has been forced from office because of personal scandal. The autocratic Joe Cannon was stripped of much of his power back in 1910, and he withered away. But that was a sheer political play by fed-up House members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Ethics Monster Rages | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

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