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Noun
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Agoura Hills residents Seyed Eissa Hashemi and Maryam Tahmasebi, both psychology professors, were detained by immigration authorities in early April — as was their son, Seyed Mobin Hashemi.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026 -
Be Strong Families can help the professors put down the gauntlet and join the conversation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The psychiatrist supervisor oversees doctors and other medical professionals who provide psychiatric care, while also delivering mental health services.—
Angela Rodriguez
May 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
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The goal, doctors say, is to count their survival in years, not days.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many move around the country, going from deans to vice presidents, and on to president, and by that time they are conditioned to stay within the traditional behaviors of corporate expectations, where regularity is valued, and disruption is thought to create corporate liability.—
Matthew G. Andersson,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Taught by friendly, professional instructors, the classes are designed for beginners and run step-by-step.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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Meurice has trained around 150 instructors in the protocol across Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland and Malaysia.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the bans, which have been touted by researchers, educators and policymakers as a way to boost children’s attendance and academic achievement and to combat mental health issues and online bullying, aren’t delivering on all those promises, the findings reveal.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
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Teachers reported that the bans did make educators happier at work and led to less device usage by students during class.—
Lauren Lumpkin,
Washington Post,
4 May 2026
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