71.   The fund-raising disclosures have blown up into the biggest political scandal in the United States since Watergate.

72.   The glossy magazines serve as cheap recreation in a country constantly bombarded by grim news of economic problems and political scandals.

73.   The issue was crucial because Solidarity had been plagued by infighting, defections and embarrassing political scandals.

74.   The government, weakened by political scandal, is struggling to finance the huge public debt, and investors are fleeing.

75.   The new president also will have to deal with a political scandal involving his own party, the PRI.

76.   The peso has dropped amid a political scandal surrounding President Ernesto Santer, and after the U.S. chastised Colombia for its poor record in combatting illegal drugs.

77.   The phenomenon is also causing a rift in the philanthropic community, which worries that the public will reduce its charitable giving if a political scandal erupts.

78.   The reorganized state channel is already awash in political scandal.

79.   The opposition immediately distanced itself from Oh and accused the New Korea party of trying to use the defection to divert attention from political scandals.

80.   The reality of our political scandals, our hit TV shows, our sensational murder cases, transcends almost any threshold of disbelief.