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  • Critic Abraham Roback argued in 1927 that The . . . people to bring into the wild gyrations of the original jazz a note of restraint, of anxiety and foreboding were the Jewish song writers who were versatile enough to catch the spirit of Negro music. . .

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The complaint, a copy of which was provided to The Washington Post, points to evidence that the president of the Ruth Institute, Jennifer Roback Morse, has actively participated in events in favor of Carly Fiorina, the Republican candidate for Senate in California.

    As campaign money pours in, so do complaints Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • I do know who Roback is, but otherwise am at a loss.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • The website linked in the post has not updated the names on the selection committee but we are: Rita Auerbach, Betty Carter, Diane Roback, Angela Sherrill and me, with Ambassador Scieszka advising.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • Until recently, though, I didn't notice this follow-up question from former GMU prof Jennifer Roback Morse:

    Baby-Selling: When Is Wrong to Sell? When Is It Right to Ban?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2010

  • [5] Émile Boudreau et Léo Roback, L'Histoire de la FTQ, des tout débuts jusqu'en 1965, (Montréal: FTQ, 1988), 346-347.

    Archive 2007-02-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • Jennifer Roback Morse was almost my colleague - she left the Public Choice Center in 1996, a year before GMU hired me.

    EconLog: Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Archives 2009

  • My signal contribution to awards for children's books was my suggestion to Diane Roback that the then-nascent PW's Cubbie Awards include a category for "Book that Most Wanted to Win the Newbery."

    Here they are, Roger Sutton 2006

  • Jennifer Roback Morse - 05/23/08 Many of the changes in family structure over the last generation have been driven by changes in the behavior of women.

    Archive 2008-05-25 papabear 2008

  • But then I noted that the author, in this case, was the cogenitally confused Jennifer Roback Morse, so I suppose anything is possible.

    Spreading Santorum at NRO 2006

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