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nounpublic embarrassment

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The new appointment also follows a scandal involving David Drummond, the chief legal officer of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, who left earlier this year.

GOOGLE NAMES HALIMAH DELAINE PRADO AS NEW GENERAL COUNSELJEFFAUGUST 25, 2020FORTUNE

And, after enduring scandal after scandal after scandal, we’re still grappling with nearly every single major challenge that occupied our attention nearly a quarter-century ago.

POLITICS REPORT: A POLL AND A COURT RULING IN KEY COUNCIL RACESCOTT LEWISAUGUST 22, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

For nine full years, Hulio never talked publicly about his billion-dollar hacking company—even when his hacking tools were linked to scandal or he was accused of being complicit in human rights abuses around the world.

THE MAN WHO BUILT A SPYWARE EMPIRE SAYS IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWSBOBBIE JOHNSONAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

And, of course, developments in the coronavirus crisis — or some other breaking news story that we can’t predict yet, like a scandal — could cause voters to view the candidates in a different light.

YES, BIDEN HAS A BIG LEAD, BUT IT’S PROBABLY NOT 15 POINTSNATHANIEL RAKICH (NATHANIEL.RAKICH@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JULY 16, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Of course, if you’re in the midst of a PR scandal, the news becomes a much more important source.

ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT: SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESSALEH BARYSEVICHJUNE 3, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCH

The nasty scandal at the Pandemonium had been particularly irritating to Haggard personally.

THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS

Do not let scandal or a mere love of gossip dictate a letter of intelligence.

THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY

Now, it is only a theory of mine, but I feel pretty sure that the papers have to do with the Foreign Office scandal.

THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE

Only don't make a scandal, I pray, for my house has the name of being quiet.'

THE STAIRCASE AT THE HEARTS DELIGHTANNA KATHARINE GREEN (MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)

Very little of the scandal that hung over the Asturian throne like a blighting cloud was hidden from him.

THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE

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