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scandal Law a libellous action or statement Scandal See also Controversy. Scapegoat (See DUPERY.) Abélard, Peter (1079–c. 1144) French theologian takes Héloïse, abbess, as lover; marries her in secret. [Fr. Hist.: EB, I: 18] Chicago White Sox baseball players accused of taking bribes to lose the 1919 World Series. [Sports: EB, II: 66] car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy plunges off bridge; woman companion dies (1969). [Am. Hist.: Facts (1969), 452] (1894–1972) King of Britain whose decision to marry a divorcee forced him to abdicate throne (1936). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 835–836] game show discovered to be fixed (1958). [TV: Terrace, II, 295–296] fraud is exposed in British South Sea Company (1720). [Br. Hist.: EB, IX: 383]
government oil reserves fraudulently leased to private concerns (1922). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 353] scandals involving Nixon’s administration (1972). [Am. Hist.: Kane, 460–462] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In a few years the scandal was at an end; there were no female teachers in the Department. He remembered later the scandal over a boy, whom he had taken from the country to bring up, and, in a fit of rage, had so violently beaten that proceedings were brought against him for unlawfully wounding. It is impossible to feel sure th at she may not be the cause of some public scandal this time, which may affect her innocent sister as well as herself. |
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