Word: franked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue of Frank's conduct is not homosexuality but prostitution, which is illegal and which has always been a destructive element in heterosexual and homosexual life," the newspaper said...
Asked if Gobie could provide names of other prominent politicians with whom he had relations, Frank said, "I don't know if you can trust him. And I don't know who he's going to say was in my kitchen...I'm vulnerable, and other people are vulnerable...
...Frank's dealings with Gobie are being investigated by the House ethics panel. The representative has said that after ending his sexual relationship with Gobie, he hired him in 1985 as a personal aide--using his own money, not congressional staff funds--in an attempts to help Gobie start a new life...
...said he fired him in 1987 after he learned that Gobie was running a prostitution ring out of Frank's apartment...
...June 1987, Frank acknowledged that he is gay. Despite the views of some observers that Frank's career would be hindered by the announcement, he was re-elected the following year with 70 percent of the vote from his predominantly Democratic southeastern Massachusetts district...