Word: derrick
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...Kajeet is trying to blend cool technology with practical parenting to create a must-have gadget. At a suburban Baltimore research facility recently, a group of pre-adolescent beta testers prepared to share their feelings about the service. The good news for Kajeet: all four guinea pigs, Christian, Derrick, Trent and Nick gave the phone service high marks. "I've been wanting for something like this for a year. It makes me feel independent and my friends can find me anytime," said Derrick, 12, adding after a pause, "and if I'm in trouble I can call my parents." Kajeet...
...calls are 10 cents a minute, while texting is a bargain at 5 cents. Kajeet recognizes that it'll be kids themselves, rather than adult-focused advertising, who will be the most effective arm-twisters. "I wouldn't be bugging my parents so much when I'm bored," said Derrick. "My parents would be happy that I don't have to borrow their phones anymore," said Nick, 11, gleeful as he casually set the phone's calendar alert to remind him of his birthday until he turns...
...said Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. “They are a metaphor for a flawed system.” Ogletree is also the director of the law school’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and the narrator of the film. Derrick Z. Jackson, a panelist and op-ed columnist for the Boston Globe, said he agreed with the film’s contention that the media unfairly portrays minorities. Jackson cited a 1994 study of Chicago TV stations, which found that African-Americans accused of crime were two times as likely...
...pieces from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s 1970 “New Orleans Suite.” Here, Harris’ playing is at its bright-edged, percussive best, and his relentlessly-swinging approach pervades the whole band’s sound. Drummer Terreon Gully and bassist Derrick Hodge play with a bluesy intensity that recalls the hard-charging rhythm section of Dannie Richmond and Charles Mingus, and Steve Turre’s forceful trombone backgrounds make the ensemble sound twice its size...
...Derrick A. Bell Jr.—HLS’s first black tenured professor who left the faculty in 1990 to protest its lack of diversity—said that Harvard should follow Brown’s lead in appointing a panel to investigate the University’s ties to slavery...