Amherst College

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Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1821, it is the third oldest college in Massachusetts, and has been coeducational since 1975. Amherst is a member of the historic Little Three colleges, which includes Wesleyan University and Williams College. Amherst is consistently ranked amongst the top liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report, and is classified as a most selective institution by the Carnegie Foundation.

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Sep 10, 2009

A supposedly fun thing he'll never do again

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER AND KEVIN MORRIS

On September 12, 2008, the American writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide in Claremont, California. He was 46 and considered by many - to use…

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Sep 25, 2008

On the trip of his tongue

By Liat Collins

Resurrecting HebrewBy Ilan StavansSchocken Books240 pages; $21Resurrecting Hebrew is almost a biography and and autobiography in one - delving into…

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Mar 20, 2008

Balanced account

By Ben Naparstek

Stiglitz says that the costs of the war have been obscured through the US government's method of 'cash accounting,' which logs only present costs and…

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Oct 11, 2006

Making economic theory 'better reflect the real world'

By EILEEN ALT POWELL, AP

An American economist who developed theories about unemployment that better capture how workers and companies actually make decisions about jobs was…

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Sep 17, 2005

Cracks in the Ivy ideal

By JOHN FREEMAN

On BeautyBy Zadie SmithPenguin464pp., $25.95Ever since the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded a college on the banks of the Charles River and called it…

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