"Friends started warning me, only half-jokingly, that I'd better watch my back around town: people here can take the colonial past pretty seriously. A few reminded me about the Simpsons episode where Lisa discovers the secret pirate confessions of her town's revered founder, Jebediah Springfield, and ends up as a target for historical-society hit men."
—C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart on Chestertown's famed Tea Party ("Tea and Fantasy: Fact, Fiction, and Revolution in an American Town," The American Scholar, Autumn 2005)
"Is there a doctor in the house? There is certainly a doctor in our house: Richard Brookhiser, our longtime senior editor and shining scribe, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Washington College, in Chestertown, MD. Rick is, of course, the author of a biography of George Washington—and books on Hamilton, the Adamses and other figures as well. But we ourselves have long honored him, and congratulate Washington College on its judgment and taste."
—The National Review, September 12, 2005
"Much of IPO's big-time performance stems from the fact that they are lagging indicators of investors' confidence in the markets, says Irv DeGraw, finance professor at Washington College. Now that stocks in general have healed, investors are more at ease with IPOs, he says."
—"IPOs drive forward on 'pent-up backlog for deals,'" by Matt Krantz, USA Today, August 14, 2005
"In an election campaign, it's very easy for Bush to combine appeal to social conservatives who come out to vote in droves with stances that traditionally are of interest to the business community. But when you are dealing with a lifelong appointment to the federal bench, especially the Supreme Court, the differences among these groups begin to come to light."
—Political science professor Melissa Deckman quoted in "Judicial conservatives come in many varieties," by Michael Hill, The (Baltimore) Sun, July 17, 2005)
"Brian Schultz was supposed to be working at Ikea in White Marsh, earning money for his freshman year at Washington College. But instead of moving crates, Schultz was sitting on the lawn of the Eastern Shore campus, slightly dazed after taking a Spanish test almost two months before classes actually begin."
—"Walkthrough lets freshmen hit the ground running," by Jason Song, The (Baltimore) Sun, July 5, 2005
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