Word: bays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...describe Barney Frank as merely witty, intellectual or liberal would be to ignore the complexities that have made him one of the most respected and competent politicians in the state house. Frank, who represents Boston's Back Bay area, has puzzled many observers: a Jew from Bayonne, N.J., who has risen to prominence in one of the most Irish-Catholic cities in the nation. He has lived in the Boston area since he came to the College in 1957 and spent five years at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences working on a doctorate in Government before he moved...
...unique composition of the Back Bay population serves Frank's interest. With high percentages of gay, elderly and student voters, Frank can pursue his generally unpopular stances with little fear of losing votes. A South Boston representative could not vote for a gay rights bill without seriously jeopardizing his career; Frank, on the other hand, is encouraged to stand by his unusual candor and beliefs. The other representative from the Back Bay, Elaine Noble, campaigned as an acknowledged lesbian. The Back Bay also has a great deal of housing and traffic problems Normally, they would be referred to a councilor...
...develop contingency plans for all possible situations and inevitably the bottom line of all these plans is 'victory'. So we quit trying to negotiate and resort to the military course of action--like the Bay of Pigs...
When a newspaper wins the top Pulitzer Prize for journalistic excellence, one might expect it to flourish like the biblical green bay tree-or at least the Washington Post after Watergate...
There are no bay trees, green or otherwise, in Alaska, however, and last spring's Pulitzer gold-medal winner for public service, Anchorage's Daily News (TIME, May 17), is having a long dark winter. To reduce expenses, the paper has had to trim its editorial staff from 21 to twelve. Two of the three reporters whose Pulitzer-winning articles revealed the stranglehold that the Teamsters have gained on Alaskan labor have left for better jobs, and the morning Daily News' circulation of 11,600 has shrunk to 7,580. But Publisher Katherine Fanning, 49, who with...