Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jody Fink of Amherst, Mass.: 6-ft. "She has very good athletic ability, and she runs the floor well," Delaney Smith says...
...Jody Fink of Amherst, Mass.: 6-ft. "She has very good athletic ability, and she runs the floor well," Delaney Smith says...
Senior Writer Ezra Bowen, who wrote the main story, had two uncles among the Harvard graduate faculty while he was deciding which university to attend. Bowen, however, chose Amherst. Says he: "I never wanted to go to a big urban school. Amherst offered a good athletic program, and I wanted to play baseball. Alas, the Harvard team beat us my senior year...
...scholars on today's faculty are no less impressive, e.g., Harvey Cox at the Divinity School, Robert Coles in psychiatry, Martin Feldstein in economics. "The critical mass of talent there is stunning," says Chancellor Joseph Duffey of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Faculty ideologies range from the Marxism of Historian John Womack to Galbraith's liberalist economics to the conservative political science of James Q. Wilson to the libertarian ruminations of Philosopher Robert Nozick. "This," says John Shattuck, vice president for government affairs, "is a very dynamic and chaotic institution...
...effect of last week's appointments is simply unknowable. There is no doubt, however, that Reagan is hoping to provide Rehnquist with reinforcements. "The selection of Rehnquist is a selection for the future," contends Sheldon Goldman, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "The Reagan Administration is counting on being able to make another one or two appointments before the President's term ends. When they do that, they're going to have their court...