news and world report, the amherst, the williamses, the burdens. and i must confess to these are probably the worst when it comes to having a prescribed liberal arts curriculum. we often hear that people no longer appreciate liberal arts education. we often hear this from the campuses. but after we did this research to see what the framework was of the curriculum that was offered to these students, we came away with two -- with conclusions that there was nothing wrong with the students in liberal arts, but the way they were imparting the information. you can go to amherst and they could pride themselves on saying we don't have anything we require. we allow students to make their own curriculum. and i'm not denying the kids to go to amherst. they have many smart students and i'm sure they are well prepared. but it's interesting to look at a new book, which again i commend to everyone, academically addressed. it was put out by the university of chicago. what they found there was that after $200,000 of investment, to -- students were graduating with v

barry then appointed anthony williams as chief financial officer of the district. williamses shy compared to bury won the mayor's office as the anti barry candidate. he left the stage with a gala tribute to himself. in 20e 04 he was back again, again the ward 8 council member, again defeating a former ally, this time sandy allen, waving off criticism of disloyalty, he would only say it's not personal. it's politics. in recent years barry won easy re-election to ward 8, suffered from declining health, a kidney transplant and other health scares along with failing to file income taxes, steering a city contract to a girlfriend and since then, the criticism of asian store owner and filipino nurses to whom he later apologized after stinging public criticism. stim, of the six mayors who served the mayor since home rule began in the 1970s, including adrien fenty and vincent gray, it was barry's roller coaster career that helped define district politics for decades barry first came to washington with the student non-violent coordinating committee, later helped establish and run pride