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...introductory campus Democratic Club meeting last week, members were also being wooed. Recruiters for Michael S. Dukakis, who is trying to recover the Bay State governor ship, as well as representatives of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 and Rep. Barney Frank '61 all showed up to sell students on their boss's campaign...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, WITH THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Jumping on Bandwagons | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

...while the September 14 contest was a success, much needs to be done before total victory can be declared on November 2. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) faces a tough fight against Rep. Margaret Heckler (R-Mass.) in a battle forced by redistricting. Long-shot but heavily financed smear campaigns are being waged against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) and Speaker of the House Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Proud Day | 9/21/1982 | See Source »

...Democrat Barney Frank did not want to run against Republican Margaret Heckler. Heckler did not want to face Frank. But according to the last census, Massachusetts had one too many congressional seats; somebody would have to be squeezed out. The Democrat-controlled legislature, charged with redistricting, chose to inconvenience most the incumbent they knew best and liked least: Frank, 42, who as a state legislator (1973-80) had made the mistake of being uncooperative and acerbic. The gerrymandered new Fourth District, which stretches snakelike from Boston to Rhode Island, has many more Democrats (115,000) than Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: Clash of Ideas and Styles | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...country, has been quite selective in endorsing female candidates. It has made support for the Equal Rights Amendment and the 1973 Supreme Court ruling maintaining the right to an abortion its two minimal conditions for endorsement; activists have opposed many women candidates. The caucus is currently supporting Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in his fight against Rep. Margaret Heckler (R-Mass.), the founder and co-chair of the Congresswomen's Caucus, because Heckler opposes abortion...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Fighting Back | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

Secrets of the Shopping Mall, award-winning Author Richard Peck's ninth Y.A., satirizes teen class structure and cliquishness. Teresa and Barney, a pair of inner-city runaways, discover a society of boys and girls living secretly in a department store. This "Lord & Taylor of the Flies" is surrounded by specialty shops like Audio Jungle, the Tennis Connection and a place advertising CANDLES IN SHAPES YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF. There, the urban dropouts learn the value of independent thought, honest employment and all-natural fabrics. They also can identify suburbanites: "It looked like an oversized praying mantis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Packaging the Facts of Life | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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