Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many members of Congress who regularly use their positions for financial gain and sell their votes to the highest bidder, as the staff editorial rightly points out. Has he abused the public trust? If, as is expected, the Ethics Committee finds that Frank knew nothing about the prostitution ring being run out of his Capitol Hill apartment and clears him of any wrongdoing, the answer is no. Finally, will this episode irreparably impair his ability and effectiveness in fighting for the liberal causes that he and the voters of his district care deeply about? Ultimately, Frank and his constituents must...
...Steven L. Gobie. Frank has admitted that he paid Gobie and other male prostitutes for sex, hired Gobie as a personal assistant and then used his Congressional position to void some of Gobie's parking tickets. Still unproven are charges that Frank knew that Gobie was operating a prostitution ring out of his home...
There can be no doubt that Frank made serious errors in judgment. He has embarrassed Congress, the Democratic Party and the gay community. His mistakes, however, do not justify his resignation before the completion of a House Ethics Committee investigation. Assuming that Frank was unaware of Gobie's prostitution ring, Frank should not resign at all. He should run for re-election in 1990 and leave his political future in the hands of his constituents...
...gambling is complimentary: the 48-minute helicopter ride, the mauve suite, even the caviar. Never mind that just about everyone else in the casino is dressed for mowing the lawn, Wishnick slinks into an azure silk ensemble with a slit up the side, slips a new seven-carat ring on her finger, straps on a pair of silver slippers and sips champagne before setting off for a meal of lobster thermidor. Then it's "Woooooooooow. O.K., roll those babies! Come on! Numbers! Numbers! Numbers!" As Wishnick screams louder and starts to shake all over, the crowd begins chanting, "Eight! Eight...
...kinder, gentler Sweeney was unimaginable until Susan H. Schulman's intimate reconsideration arrived on Broadway last week. This time the tale comes by way of Dickens. London's gaslit windows ring the circular seating. Tattered gray laundry sags from clotheslines all around. Turbulent street life spills into the aisles. Gloomy, angry and unjust Sweeney's world remains, but human connections now matter...