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...considered repellent under any circumstances, the tactic has become increasingly acceptable to mainstream homosexual leaders. It is practiced by some gay publications, and its propriety has even been debated in the corridors of Congress. Last June, when Republicans falsely implied that House Speaker Tom Foley was gay, Representative Barney Frank threatened to expose Republican officeholders who really are homosexual. Few in Washington doubted that there were such officials, or that Frank, an acknowledged gay, would be able to name them. Republicans were already keenly aware of the ironic fates of two of their most prominent antigay voices, Maryland Congressman Robert...
Seattle dentist Barney Clark became a household name in 1982 as the first patient to receive the Jarvik-7, the world's first artificial heart. Clark lived 112 days more, because of the polyurethane-and-metal pump. Five patients in all received the permanent implant; all died in less than two years. But the device helped buy time for 150 patients who relied on an implant until a heart transplant was possible. Last week the Food and Drug Administration stunned medical researchers by recalling the Jarvik heart, which is made by Symbion, a Tempe, Ariz., company...
...notion that we should spend billions of dollars to defend Western Europe from the Soviets is as ludicrous as spending billions of dollars to defend Thailand from the munchkins," said U.S. Representative Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.) in an interview yesterday. Frank said that House Democrats plan to hold a caucus when Congress reconvenes in January to discuss cuts in the defense budget and to earmark funds for "health care, education, housing, and the infrastructure...
Just like an eager young hunter, the Washington Times is proud of its first big trophy: Congressman Barney Frank, whom the paper bagged in a story two months ago about a male-prostitution scandal. The paper followed up that scoop two weeks ago with claims that Frank and other Congressmen used the private House of Representatives gymnasium for sexual frolics. Though editor in chief Arnaud de Borchgrave bristles at the notion that the Times is turning to tabloid-style journalism to make its mark in the nation's capital, he slyly promises "more to come." Some Washingtonians may take that...
WASHINGTON--The House ethics committee held its first discussion yesterday on allegations surrounding the relationship between U.S. Rep. Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.) and a male prostitute, and Frank, meanwhile, canceled two speeches on ethics reform...