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unusual facts about Thomas L. Friedman



40 acres and a mule

In Pigford v. Glickman (1999), District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled in favor of the farmers and ordered the USDA to pay financial damages for loss of land and revenue.

5th Virginia Cavalry

The field officers were Colonels Reuben B. Boston, H. Clay Pate, and Thomas L. Rosser; Lieutenant Colonel James H. Allen; and Majors Beverly B. Douglas, John Eells, Cyrus Harding, Jr., and John W. Puller.

Asa Keyes

When Thomas L. Woolwine resigned in June 1923, Keyes stepped into his position.

Bernard A. Friedman

On February 2, 1988, Friedman was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Robert Edward DeMascio.

Biblical Minimalism

Then in the 1970s, largely through the publication of two books, Thomas L. Thompson's The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives and John Van Seters' Abraham in History and Tradition it became widely accepted that the remaining chapters of Genesis were equally non-historical.

Civilization Fund Act

Thomas L. McKenney lobbied the Congress in support of the legislation.

Dalian Software Park

Thomas L. Friedman, "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty First Century, Updated and Expanded" (New York: Penguin Books Ltd., 2006)

Daniel P. Friedman

Friedman and Felleisen wrote three more "little" books in the 1990s: The Little MLer, The Seasoned Schemer, and A Little Java, A Few Patterns.

He explored the use of macros for defining programming languages; with Kohlbecker, Felleisen, and Duba, he co-introduced the notion of 'hygienic macros' in a 1986 LFP paper that is still widely cited today.

David Friedman

David D. Friedman (born 1945), anarcho-capitalist writer, economist, and medieval reenactor

David F. Friedman (1923–2011), American filmmaker (exploitation films)

David Laibson

He received an A.B. (summa) from Harvard in 1988, studying under Benjamin M. Friedman, and went on to study at the London School of Economics (MSc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics) where he was a recipient of a Marshall Scholarship.

Heawood number

Saaty, Thomas L. and Kainen, Paul C.; The Four-Color Problem: Assaults and Conquest, Dover, 1986.

Jeffrey M. Friedman

Friedman was born in Orlando, Florida on July 20, 1954, and grew up in North Woodmere, New York, graduating from Hewlett High School in the Class of 1971.

Jonathan D. Morris

Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Hamer

Junius F. Wells

Wells was also the author of eleven biographies, including those of John C. Frémont, Thomas L. Kane, Charles C. Rich, James A. Garfield, and Orson Pratt.

Langum Prizes

2002 (Legal History): Lawrence M. Friedman, American Law in the 20th Century (Yale University Press)

2011 (Legal History): Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman, Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America

Laurance Safford

His identification with the Naval effort was so close that he was the Friedman of the Navy.

LGBT rights in Michigan

In August 2012, judge Bernard A. Friedman invited the couple to amend their suit to challenge the state's ban on same-sex marriage, "the underlying issue".

Liberty Street Protest

In the summer of 2004 artist/photographer Glen E. Friedman had gained permission from his long-time friend Russell Simmons to make a huge political statement in the windows of his property across the street from the World Trade Center site in New York City, just before for the Republican National Convention.

M-325

In the history of cryptography, M-325, also known as SIGFOY, was an American rotor machine designed by William F. Friedman in 1936.

Modern Motherhood

Originally released in 1934, it would gain fame by being presented in the style of later road show filmmakers such as Kroger Babb and David F. Friedman, as it was presented around the country and typically featured a "Dynamic Sex Lecture" at each performance.

Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC

Judges Anthony Joseph Scirica, Thomas L. Ambro and Julio M. Fuentes were present for the case, and commented that normally they would adhere strictly to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 18, that the petitioner move first before the agency that would stay its order, but in this case it seemed virtually certain that the FCC would not grant a stay in this matter.

Stephen Friedman

Stephen J. Friedman, American academic and administrator who served as commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Steve Bencich

Steve Bencich is an American screenwriter best known for his work with Ron J. Friedman.

Thomas D'Alesandro Stadium

The stadium was built with help from the Jewish community of Baltimore, Maryland and named for the mayor of Baltimore, Thomas D'Alesandro.

Thomas Hamer

Thomas L. Hamer (1800–1846), United States congressman and soldier

Thomas L. Blanton

He was reelected to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from May 20, 1930, to January 3, 1937.

Blanton was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1929).

Thomas L. Bromwell

It has been suggested that aspects of Bromwell's political career served, in part, as inspiration for the fictional Maryland State Senator Clay Davis, from HBO's The Wire.

Thomas L. Callaway

Thomas L. Callaway is a director/cinematographer from Waco in the U.S. state of Texas.

Thomas L. Cleave

Between 1922-27, he attended medical schools at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and St Mary's Hospital, London, London, achieving MRCS and LRCP.

Thomas L. Cummings, Sr.

His son, Thomas L. Cummings, Jr., was a businessman and founder of Cummings Signs, a manufacturer of corporate brand signs for the Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, KFC, Captain D's, the Chevron Corporation, Conoco, Holiday Inn and Bank of America.

Thomas L. Harris

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-fourth Congress), Committee on Elections (Thirty-fifth Congress) and was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

Thomas L. Hughes

Thomas Lowe Hughes (born December 11, 1925) was Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

Thomas L. Johnston

Thomas Lothian Johnston FRSE (9 March 1927 in Whitburn, West Lothian – 2009 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish economist.

Thomas L. Kane

Kane County, Utah was named for Thomas L. Kane, as was the Kanesville Tabernacle in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Thomas Leiper Kane (January 27, 1822 – December 26, 1883) was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War.

Thomas L. Kennedy Secondary School

Thomas Laird Kennedy Secondary School is a school located in Mississauga, Ontario which was erected in honour of Premier of Ontario Thomas Laird Kennedy.

Thomas L. McKenney

He was the oldest of five boys was raised and received his education at Chestertown, Maryland.

Thomas L. Reilly

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Thomas L. Smith

By 1840, with the decline of the fur trade, Smith began kidnapping Native American children to sell as peons to Mexican haciendas.

Three Arrows Cooperative Society

Notable Three Arrows members include author Bruno Fischer, labor leader Israel Kugler, political activist Samuel H. Friedman and poet Peretz Kaminsky.


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