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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disclosed his homosexuality in 1987 and was re-elected the next year by a 70% majority. Now the Democrat must again test his constituents' tolerance of his sexual habits. Last week, after the Washington Times broke the story, Frank admitted that in 1985 he paid for sex from a male prostitute who had advertised in a gay newspaper. The Congressman then hired him, with his personal funds, as a $20,000-a-year errand boy for his Capitol Hill apartment. In 1987, Frank said, he decided that the man was using the apartment for prostitution. He said he fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress: Barney Frank's Pygmalion | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

Researchers are also trying to determine whether fathers' drinking habits play any role in FAS. At Wayne State, studies of male laboratory rodents have shown that alcohol exposure affects their sperm as well as the immune system and behavior of their offspring. "I don't think the possibility of the father's effect can be written off," says Dr. Sokol. "We're not saying the baby would have FAS, but it's possible there may be some impact on how the kid comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Alcohol's Youngest Victims | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

...enough beach volleyball. Players have become sex symbols who are regularly asked to autograph arms, legs and other parts of bikinied anatomies. "It's just outrageous how many girls go to these things," says Hanseth. "For some of the younger guys, it's like a sailor going into port." Male fans around the U.S. may soon have the chance to swoon over sweaty women. Thanks to the success of the A.V.P., some members of the fledgling Women's Beach Volleyball Association have asked attorney Armato to help them kick up their heels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beach Volleyball Nets Big Bucks | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

Sometimes the boys intervene. They comb the beach looking for a female, and once they find one, they pull an unattached male from the water and place him atop the female. Explains Zack: "If he goes off, just push him back on and say, 'Mate!' Then they'll do it." Easy -- but then it should be, after 200 million years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Jersey Shoreline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...says Japan is dominated by male shogunists? Not, apparently, the new Prime Minister, Toshiki Kaifu. Last week, in a move to improve the scandal-ridden image of his Liberal Democratic Party, Kaifu appointed two women to his 21- member Cabinet. Sumiko Takahara, 56, a writer on economic affairs, became Economic Planning Agency director, and former Labor Ministry bureaucrat Mayumi Moriyama, 61, was named to head the Environment Agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Kaifu's Surprises | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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