Sentences with phrase «embarrassing revelations relating»

But Paterson, who succeeded the disgraced Eliot Spitzer in March, 2008, held on as a candidate until late February, when a series of embarrassing revelations relating to his allegedly improper involvement in a personal aide's domestic abuse case led him to withdraw from the race.

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The researchers saw fewer uses of sensitive search terms — including both words likely to be flagged as suspicious by the National Security Agency, or NSA, and potentially personally embarrassing words, like those related to health issues — after the government surveillance revelations.