Word: franked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...session of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, State Rep. Barney Frank '62 sponsored a bill to legalize prostitution. During the ensuing floor debate, an indignant representative said, "My colleague introduced a bill to legalize gambling, then he introduced a bill to legalize pornography and another to do the same for homosexuality. Now he wants us to legalize prostitution. I want to know, Mr. Speaker, when will he stop...
Rising to speak, Frank replied, "Mr. Speaker, it's true, I have introduced bills to legalize pornography, homosexuality and now prostitution but I promise my colleague that when I find something he likes, I'll stop." Despite the burst of laughter from the floor of the House, the bill failed...
...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...
...Wyatt, vice president for administration, said yesterday he ordered the audit after Frank J. Weissbecker, director of Food Services, expressed concern that many students without board contracts might be using lost or stolen cards to fool the dining hall checkers...
Professor Frank Garfunkel, president of the faculty union, said yesterday there is "no good faith" in the trustees. It had originally been agreed to accept the results of the election, Garfunkel said...