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Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia - Williams College
Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly-selective liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As of 2005, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States of America defined by the US Census Bureau. The Northeast is bordered to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia - Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the United States of America. Massachusetts - Name. Massachus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Politics
Massachusetts - Banned in Boston. During the first half of the 1900s Boston was socially conservative, and strongly under the influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Culture
Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion. Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Culture
Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion. Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pioneer Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Pioneer Valley - Economy
The Pioneer Valley has a broadly varied economic base. Pioneer Valley - Franklin County. Franklin County in the north serves as a signi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Massachusetts - Geography
Western Massachusetts can be divided into approximately four zones running from north to south across the region. Western Massachusetts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Human Stain: Encyclopedia Ii - The Human Stain - Plot Summary
The Human Stain takes place in the late 1990s in rural New England. The first person narrator is 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - History
Massachusetts - Early settlement. Various Algonquin tribes inhabited the area prior to European settlement. In the Massachusetts Bay ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia Ii - Williams College - Distinguishing Features
Williams College - School colors and origins thereof. Williams's primary school color is purple. The story goes that at the Williams-Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Massachusetts Cities, Towns And Counties
There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties. Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Geography
Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Islan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Name
Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners
... See also:Northeastern United States, Northeastern United States - Geography, Northeastern United States - History, Northeastern U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Economy
Until World War II, the Northeast's economy was largely driven by industry. In the second half of the 20th century, most of New England's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Politics
The Northeast region is known for its political liberalism. For example, every state in the region voted for John Kerry in the 2004 elect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Massachusetts - People
By the definition described at top, in the year 2000 the region had 834,358 residents, a population greater than that of five US states; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Economy
The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Massachusetts's total state product in 2003 was $297 billion. Per capita personal income i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Education And Research
Massachusetts - The central role of education. Massachusetts contains only 2.5% of the U.S. population, but is home to many of its most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Trivia
The Commonwealth's nickname is the Bay State. Other nicknames are the Old Colony State, and less commonly the Puritan state and the Baked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pioneer Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Pioneer Valley - Demographics
The Valley and the neighboring Hill Towns consist of three counties in the Connecticut River valley of Western Massachusetts: Pioneer Va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Massachusetts Cities Towns And Counties
There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties. Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pioneer Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Pioneer Valley - Culture
The Pioneer Valley is sometimes known to its inhabitants as "the Happy Valley", but more often this is used as a gimmick for tourists, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Demographics
Massachusetts - Population. As of 2005, Massachusetts has an estimated population of 6,398,743, which is a decrease of 8,639, or 0.1%, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Government
The capital of Massachusetts is Boston and the current governor is Mitt Romney (Republican). All governors of Massachusetts are given the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pioneer Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Pioneer Valley - Geography
The Pioneer Valley covers approximately the second lowest quarter of the Connecticut River Valley, a river valley formed by tectonic plat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Geography
The Northeast has a landscape varying from the rocky coast of New England to the fertile farmland of the Ohio River Valley behind the All...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Education And Research
Massachusetts - The central role of education. Massachusetts contains only 2.5% of the U.S. population, but is home to many of its most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Trivia
The Commonwealth's nickname is the Bay State. Other nicknames are the Old Colony State, and less commonly the Puritan state and the Baked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Massachusetts Cities Towns And Counties
There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties. Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Politics
Massachusetts - Banned in Boston. During the first half of the 1900s Boston was socially conservative, and strongly under the influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Economy
The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Massachusetts's total state product in 2003 was $297 billion. Per capita personal income i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Demographics
Massachusetts - Population. The population of Massachusetts in 2004 was 6,416,505 according to the US Census Bureau. There were 881,400...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Government
The capital of Massachusetts is Boston and the current governor is His Excellency Mitt Romney (Republican). All governors of Massachusett...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia Ii - Williams College - Alumni Society
The Society of Alumni of Williams College is the oldest existing alumni society of any academic institution in the United States, and may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia Ii - Williams College - Notable Alumni
See List of Williams College people. In the syndicated cartoon strip Foxtrot, the father Roger Fox, is an alumnus of Willot College, a pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia Ii - Williams College - Sports
The school's sports teams are called the Ephmen, or the Ephs (pronounced "Eef", or [if] in IPA) - a shortening of the first name of found...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia Ii - Williams College - History
Colonel Ephraim Williams was an officer in the Massachusetts militia and a member of a prominent landowning family. His will included a b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Geography
Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Islan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Name
Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - History
Northeastern United States - New England. New England is perhaps the best-defined region of the U.S., with more uniformity and more of ...   » Read the article