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xii, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An outspoken voice at the White House table -- Bayonne born and bred -- A decade at Harvard with only a B.A. to show for it -- Moving seamlessly from political theory at Harvard to hardball politics at City Hall -- Coming to Washington -- Running for the legislature from Ward 5, where everybody knows your name -- The gentleman from the back bay -- Mr. Frank goes to Washington with help from Pope John Paul II and John Kerry -- Rookie of the year -- Running against heckler-Reaganomics -- Barney, we hardly recognize ye -- Subcommittee Chairman Frank -- A Frank that relishes the perfect job -- Accompanying Yelena Bonner back to the USSR -- Coming out -- In surviving a Washington sex scandal, the importance of being frank -- A frank compromise on gays in the military -- The most hated man in Gingrichdom -- Defending the President against impeachment -- The gay Washington monument -- Talking frankly about not beating around the bush -- A committee chairman at last. |
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Frank, Barney, 1940-
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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| ISBN |
9781558497214 cloth alkaline paper |
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1558497218 cloth alkaline paper |
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