Word: freedman
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...many as 150 have been abandoned by their parents or are from families that have been evicted. Drugs and alcohol are a way of life. That any learning takes place under such circumstances is nothing short of miraculous. But miracles can happen, as former New York Times reporter Samuel Freedman demonstrates in Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students & Their High School (Harper & Row; 431 pages...
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Haskell C. Freedman '30 ruled that B.U. had violated the law. The university's threat to expel Abramowitz was aimed at quashing his speech, Freedman said. The court imposed constitutional standards usually reserved for government agencies on an entirely private university...
...seemingly absurd implications of quantum mechanics. Says Clauser, now a research physicist at the University of California, Berkeley: "I had an opportunity to devise a test and see whether nature would choose quantum mechanics or reality as we know it." In his experiment, Clauser, assisted by Stuart Freedman, found a way of firing photons in opposite directions and selectively changing their polarization...
Though the comics were an instant hit, Turtlemania did not reach the big time until New York licensing agent Mark Freedman offered to market the heroes. "It just hit me in the gut. The name was great. It was going to be the funniest thing I'd ever done or the worst thing." Freedman cut the deal with Playmates Toys, who, in turn, sponsored the first TV episodes. The Turtles have been modified somewhat in the process of being turned into media stars. Their passion for pizza, for instance, and their "Hey, Dude" lingo were added...