Word: zaccaro
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...gift from her daughter Lisa, a second-year law student at Yale. Working 14-hour days leaves Allred little time with her husband William, 53, an aircraft-parts dealer. The two married in 1968. William Allred supports his wife but jokes, "The sole saving grace between me and John Zaccaro is that Gloria will never run for public office...
...became a historic symbol of how high a woman can aspire in politics, may be limited by the legal problems of her husband. These problems might never have arisen if the spotlight attracted by her candidacy had not also come glaring down on his business. As a result, Zaccaro's real estate income has dropped ("Who wants to be partners with somebody knowing the deal's going to be all over the papers?" Ferraro asks). She is considering writing a book about her unique campaign experience. Such a work could prove both illuminating and profitable. She can expect to command...
While campaigning last week, the Democrats treated the sleaze factor more gingerly than might have been expected, perhaps because they did not want to revive the controversy over the personal finances of Geraldine Ferraro and her husband John Zaccaro. Mondale allowed that "there has been a tacky element to the Administration" but said that he did not want to appear "pious" because other Administrations, including Democratic ones, had also suffered because of the peccadilloes of their officials. He was likewise restrained about Vice President George Bush, who revealed last week that he had been forced...
...clear that there is no illegal sleeze here. In fact, throughout the entire ordeal, illegal sleaziness was rarely, if ever, mentioned. But there is no denying that visions of such accusations were at least thought about. Legal sleaze, on the other hand, was suspected in some of Mr. Zaccaro's business affairs, in particular when he borrowed money from an estate as its executor. However, any possibility of guilt was neatly cleared away when a court order forced him to repay the money, and when he was removed as executor of the estate. The long-range result, however, was that...
...Although Zaccaro is not running for office, is it possible that he is guilty of legal sleaze? Can his wife be sleazified by "sleaze through association?" Is there sleaze in everyone's closet...