Word: greenbaum
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...character is Richard Feynman (Jesse W. Barron ’09), a physicist who played a supporting role in the Manhattan Project. Lured to the Nevada desert by Oppenheimer, Feynman divides his time between his work and his wife, who is dying of tuberculosis. Her real name was Arline Greenbaum, but here it’s Eurydice, and Catrin M. Lloyd-Bollard ’08 is appropriately enigmatic and cipher-like in the semi-mythological role...
...that didn’t put a dent in HCSUCS’s punch lines. “Only four of us went against all of them, but we went up there and we did one of our best performances,” said James. Indeed, Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08 was declared funniest comedian overall. Despite their certified status as a humor group, many at Harvard are not aware of HCSUCS’s tournament ventures, let alone their campus performances. “H what?” said Rachel...
...example of the chicanery, text messages were sent to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee saying, "Due to long lines today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday," according to Heather Smith of the nonpartisan group Rock the Vote. Greenbaum echoed Smith's concern, saying such deception "has been a frequent refrain...
...Protection said messages were broadcast via robo-calls, text messages and Facebook to discourage young, first-time and minority voters. The tactics, the officials said, seemed suspiciously similar across more than a dozen states. "We're surprised at how ubiquitous it's become, and how sophisticated it's become," Greenbaum said, though he said he didn't have any evidence of coordination behind the various communications...
...voting snafus add up to another black eye for American democracy. "In some developing democracies, you actually see more sophisticated voting structures than you do here," Greenbaum said. That's because some of the newer democracies use the latest technologies across the entire country, unlike in the U.S., where elections are operated in a patchwork fashion by local governments. Experts said things could have been much worse if an estimated 30% of voters hadn't cast early ballots before the crush on Tuesday...