Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President Clinton named retired Air Force General Michael Carns to head the cia, which remains demoralized by the Aldrich Ames spy scandal. A decorated Vietnam War veteran and respected administrator, Carns was chosen, in part, because he is an outsider to the intelligence community. Initial reaction on Capitol Hill was positive...
...South America. Price controls and currency restrictions, imposed to check inflation and save foreign reserves, have virtually paralyzed business. Public services have been curtailed, and unemployment has climbed. Constitutional provisions protecting civil liberties and property rights have been in suspension since last July, ostensibly to aid investigators probing the scandal...
...conglomerate that owns, among other things, the Spalding sporting-goods company. Cisneros, who is charged with fraud, contends that he did not serve on the management team that ran the bank's daily business and thus knew nothing of any improprieties. Gustavo, who has not been implicated in the scandal, told that his brother was ``an outside director who got minimal information and wasn't a member of any loan committee.'' Nonetheless a second arrest warrant was issued last week for Ricardo and 18 other former Banco Latino directors, this time for embezzling public funds. The new charges carry...
Will anyone wind up in jail? A year has elapsed since the scandal broke, and not a single individual has been formally indicted. Norys Aguirre, president of the State Deposits Guarantee Fund, which runs the nationalized banks, insists that charges will indeed be brought against those accused of fraud. Most of the money will never be recovered, she says, adding that in the long run, ``the people of Venezuela will pay, with inflation and more taxes. We're all going to pay.'' Reported by Greg Aunapu/Miami and Mary Matheson/Caracas
Just like the National Endowment for the Arts, Leverett House has had more than one art-related scandal. "We have had other controversies," Master Dowling reveals. Once a Leverett House drawing class displayed charcoal sketches of a nude model. "Some people were uncomfortable with nude pictures in the dining room. We held a meeting to discuss the issue. We got several silly suggestions, like the idea of 'Art Free Zones...