Word: barney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plaza next to Au Bon Pain between noon and 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Among them were a dozen children of union members, carrying signs reading "Another Union baby for day care" and "My mom needs child care." At the center of the circle was a man dressed as Barney, the popular purple cartoon character, and Donene Williams, the president of HUCTW. Barney clutched balloons while Williams held a megaphone...
Liberal lovefests are nothing new here. On Wednesday, April 12 in the IOP Forum, there was a similar discussion involving three liberal Democratic congressional representatives: Barney Frank '61-'62 (Jewish), John Lewis (Black) and Alcee Hastings (Black). Students attending the event hoped to find a resolution to recent Black-Jewish tensions that have weakened the groups' relationship. Instead, they encountered three career politicians who were more eager to talk about the good old days of the civil rights movement than discuss current political strains...
...businesses, corporations and the controversial child credit. In an instant, what should have been a political winner had been reduced to a question of fairness: Should Congress take from the poor and give to the rich? "They took what we thought was a very popular issue," chortled Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, "and turned it into a controversial...
...acknowledged as recently as February. To make matters worse, the firm remained in technical default on $225 million in loans from Bank of America, J.P. Morgan and other lenders. "We are beginning to seriously doubt the company's viability," says analyst Tobias Levkovich, who follows the firm for Smith Barney...
...poster, which originally read "Come Hear Barney Frank Talk About Political Life in Washington and How He Copes With Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich," was "doctored to read 'See How Barney Frank Deals With Being a Faggot,'" said Leverett resident Sarah J. Manguso...