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Like father, like sons: BioTek’s Briar and Adam Alpert

Professor Norman Alpert casts a long shadow over BioTek Instruments, Inc, but his sons, Briar Alpert and Adam Alpert, who now run the company, don’t mind at all. In fact, they’re more than grateful to be riding his vision into … Continue reading

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“Optimists Change the World” — The Life of Madeleine Kunin

In her cultured, polite and graceful way, Madeleine M. Kunin is angry. And when Kunin is angry, it pays to pay attention. After all, she’s got  impressive social change credentials. Kunin was the first female governor of Vermont (1985-1991). And … Continue reading

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New York Notes: April-May 2012

As a present for my 70th birthday, my good friend Andrea gave me two weeks in her New York apartment on 69th and Broadway. On the very first day, a friend from my childhood, Nina, took me to an transit … Continue reading

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The Death of Rose Kagan, An Opera Without Music in Six Acts

Prologue When it all began, my mother, Rose Kagan, 94, a great beauty, a performer, a dancer, a director, a choreographer, a star and an all-around drama queen was in failing health and living in an independent residence in Plantation, … Continue reading

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