Word: franked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days after publicly apologizing to political supporters for his involvement with a male prostitute, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank '61 ruled out retirement from the House of Representatives in the wake of allegations of personal misconduct...
...Cambridge to speak at the Harvard Hillel, the embattled representative yesterday told a questioner, "I'm not retiring [from the House]" upon leaving the building. Frank, who is awaiting a House Ethics Committee inquiry, said earlier this week that he would not resign pending that committee's investigation...
...Frank, a five-term southern Massachusetts representative, has faced a storm of criticism of his 18-month involvement with Stephen L. Gobie, a Washington prostitute. Gobie has said that he operated a prostitution ring out of Frank's Capitol Hill apartment...
...drug kingpin's assistants who is also a former KGB agent. And Clancy, who made no bones about his homophobia in an interview last year with Newsweek, at least took a step in the right direction this time, making a gay member of congress--a la Barney Frank--a small but important hero in his story...
...Only Frank himself can determine his effectiveness in promoting the issues he has championed throughout his career. Only Frank, and the constituents he serves, should decide his future in Congress...