Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council simply does not have any real power on campus, aside from the power to stage Gala Balls with our money. It is a glorified, over-funded dance committee that seems to attract a disproportionate share of campus scandal and bombast. If we're at all interested in reforming the council, then we should start by working hard to gain the confidence of its main constituents--the students--by building on a series of small and ever-larger successes...
Strange as it may seem, Paterno actually entertained--however briefly--the prospect of taking over the University of Miami's scandal-ridden program last year. "There was just enough adventure or something to the idea that it scratched my bark. I thought about it one night, then called and said, 'For crying out loud, I'm not the right...
...bigger than the Black Sox scandal of 1919. It was bigger than the Pete Rose gambling allegations. And in time it will prove to be bigger than the strike that ended last season prematurely...
...Scandal is the coin of contemporary celebrity; it keeps the public interested. It makes Miss America a current affair. Funny how people have really cared about the pageant's politics: in 1945 the naming of the first Jewish Miss America, Bess Myerson; in 1979 the dumping of Bert Parks, the show's emcee for 25 years; in 1984 the dethroning of Vanessa Williams, the first winner of color, after sexually provocative photos surfaced. Race, creed, age, all have clouded the show. But like the winner at the moment of coronation--brandishing a mile-wide smile as she sobs...
...around the country last week expressed frustration that they were all being unfairly tarred by the Fuhr man brush. That, doubtless, is mostly true. But when people are afraid to report their complaints, when officers work alongside acknowledged racists or miscreants in silence, when news of the latest police scandal is met with a "So what?" by jaded citizens, the system has gone awry. "It can be hard to keep your compassion," says L.A.P.D. sergeant Mike Albanese. "But we need to find a way to help people who have a problem get out of this system. It's not just...