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...current role, Gottesman performs a wide range of duties, from dog-sitting the president’s Scottish terriers, Barney and Miss Beazley, to carrying the president’s speeches and giving him the “two-minute warning” before a speech begins...
...most recent ruling dismissed the legal challenges to the law. Nine of the ten congressmen who compose the Massachusetts House delegation voted against the resolution, which passed 347-65. Among those voting “no” were Rep. Michael E. Capuano, Cambridge’s congressman, Rep. Barney Frank ’61, one of the nation’s most prominent openly gay politicians, and Rep. Martin T. Meehan, the chief sponsor of legislation to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Frank pushed through...
DIED. DON KNOTTS, 81, rail-thin, bug-eyed comedian famous for his roles as bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and ascot-sporting landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company; in Los Angeles. Barney Fife was a tiny ensemble part until Knotts turned it into something grander, winning five Emmys in the process. A bid for family-film stardom in vehicles like The Incredible Mr. Limpet fell short, but Knotts was consistently in demand for character roles on sitcoms and in films, most recently lending his voice to Disney's Chicken Little.V...
...Harvard Democrats introduced U.S. Congressman Barney Frank ’62, D-Mass., to the world of politics, and last night he returned to Cambridge as their guest to offer his take on the current political landscape to an audience of about 60.His speech in the Eliot Junior Common Room focused mainly on his concerns with the Republican party and the Bush administration.“This administration has the economics of Calvin Coolidge and the social views of William Jennings Bryan,” Frank said. At one point in his speech, which lasted more than an hour...
...Barney Showing no sign that he's headed for extinction, the purple creature that parents love to hate grew into a dinosaur-size business in 1993. Sales of Barney-related merchandise, from talking dolls to music videos, topped $500 million. Next up: a radio program, a network TV special and a feature film...