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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Scandal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A scandal is a widely publicized incident involving allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace, or moral outrage.
A scandal may be based on reality, or the product of false allegations, or a mixture of both.
Some scandals are broken by a whistle-blower revealing wrongdoing within an organization or a group.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Scandal   (168 words)

  
 History of Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Sharpstown scandal occurred in 1970 and 1971.
Soon after September 11, Enron, a company in Houston, got caught in accounting scandals in October 2001.
Andrew Fastow was arrested and the company was sued.
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 In charge: Chronicle editors
The problem came to a head in 1924, when Miriam "Ma" Ferguson ran for governor as a stand-in for her husband, former Gov. James E. Ferguson, who had been impeached, removed from office and banned from running again after a scandal over kickbacks and misappropriation of funds.
In 1926, after a scandal developed in the state highway department, Foster begrudgingly renounced the Fergusons.
An outstanding layman at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Walter twice received pontifical honors — in 1950 when he was named a knight of St. Gregory, and in 1959, when he was presented the sword of the Knights of Malta.
www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/special/100years2/1075528.html   (3550 words)

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