From his office at Astra he faxed a prosecutor in the Philadelphia office, Virginia Gibson Mason, calling her "Ginny" and boasting of "a productive morning!"

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Virginia Collier and Wayne Thomas from George Mason University in Virginia studied more than 6 million student records and found that full-immersion bilingual programs in which native and nonnative students are given instruction in both languages are the most effective.

NPR: Instruction Of Students Learning English Bleak

When early voting began in Virginia last Wednesday, election officials in Mason District, in the northern Virginia county of Fairfax, had to turn their largest meeting room into a seating area to handle the number of voters wanting to cast early ballots.

CNN: Early voting suggests 2008 may see record turnout, expert says

In college basketball, where smaller squads mean a smaller investment, relative unknowns like George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth have reached the Final Four.

WSJ: Enough Already With the Little Guy in College Football

In 1979, she earned a bachelor's degree in government and politics from George Mason University in Virginia.

WSJ: The Declining Value Of Your College Degree

If Republicans win back the governor's office, they "could now show they are alive and well and they are competitive in Virginia, but it also sends a national message about the Republicans' ability to come back in the Obama era, " said Mark Rozell, a professor of public policy at George Mason University in Virginia.

CNN: Analysis: Anger, frustration fuel Election Day 2009

Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the author of In Praise of Commercial Culture (Harvard University Press, 1998) and What Price Fame? (Harvard, 2000).

FORBES: Fifth Anniversary

Only three double-digit seeds have made the Elite Eight since 2004: George Mason (11) in 2006, Davidson (10) in 2008 and Virginia Commonwealth (11) last year.

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Joining Michigan State are Colorado State University, George Mason University, Middlebury College, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Virginia, University of Washington and Ohio State University, the only school to still be competing in the NCAA Tournament and the Environmental March Madness Tournament.

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