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Worse, the chill wind of recession is in the air. Overall European growth will slow as oil prices climb. Paul Horne, the chief international economist for Smith Barney in Paris, points to recent protests in France over cheap meat imports from E.C. partners as signs of a potential "backlash against increased competition, industrial as well as agricultural, that can be expected." Nor will rising oil prices affect all E.C. countries equally. The dislocations triggered by the gulf crisis are bound to test the strength of European cohesion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold Feet on the Dance Floor | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.), reprimanded by the House for his actions involving a male prostitute, faces token opposition from the GOP in November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statewide, Upsets Fell Political Insiders | 9/19/1990 | See Source »

...five of the 11 seats will be unopposed and it would be regarded as a stunning upset if any incumbents are defeated. Even Representative Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.), who was reprimanded by the House for official actions on behalf of prostitute Stephen L. Gobie earlier this year, faces only a little-known Republican from Attleboro who has never held elective office and is barely recognized by his own party hierarchy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congressional Races Remain Slow | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...party activity in Massachusetts is gubernatorial more than anything else," said Mark Nuttle, executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Barney Frank, Nuttle said, is a "national symbol" of Democratic liberalism. But he is also difficult to defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congressional Races Remain Slow | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...former male prostitute and companion of Congressman Barney Frank has quietly returned to Capitol Hill: he now works as a bike courier delivering mail around Washington but has yet to visit the office of his former roommate. Apparently his book-writing plans are on hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return to Sender Stamp | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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