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html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, code, del, dfn, em, img, q, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {margin:0;padding:0;border:0;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:100%;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;}
body {line-height:1.5;}
ul, ul li, ol, ol li {list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;}
table {border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;}
caption, th, td {text-align:left;font-weight:normal;}
table, td, th {vertical-align:middle;}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after {content:"";}
blockquote, q {quotes:"" "";}
a img {border:none;}
address {font-style:normal;}

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body
{
	font: 11px/12px verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	background-color: #fff;
}

a
{
	text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover
{
	text-decoration: underline;
}

select option
{
	margin-right: 10px;
}

em
{
	font-style: italic;
}

strong
{
	font-weight: bold;
}

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div#main
{
	width: 960px;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

.national-universities div#main,
.liberal-arts-wide div#main
{
	width: 1105px; 
}

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div#header-ad
{
	background: #ddd;
	height: 95px;
}

div#header-ad-container
{
	width: 728px;
	float: left;
}

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div#header
{
	border-top: 3px solid #c03;
	height: 132px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #c03;
	position: relative;
}

.national-universities div#header,
.liberal-arts-wide div#header
{
	margin-right: 145px;
}

/* logo */
div#header a#logo
{
	position: absolute;
	width: 256px;
	height: 65px;
	left: 5px;
	top: 7px;
	background: url(../img/global/img_logo.gif) no-repeat;
	text-indent: -2000px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

/* search */
div#header form#search
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 7px;
	right: 110px;
}

div#header form#search label,
div#header form#search input.text,
div#header form#search a.submit
{
	float: left;
	_display: inline;
}

div#header form#search label
{
	margin-top: 2px;
	font: 12px/14px arial, sans-serif;
}

div#header form#search input.text
{
	border-color: #c03;
	width: 214px;
	margin-left: 10px;
	margin-right: 4px;
}

/* cover image */
div#header img#cover-image
{
	position: absolute;
	width: 96px;
	height: 125px;
	top: 7px;
	right: 0px;
	z-index: 10;
}

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ul#nav-main
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 90px;
	left: 0px;
	width: 855px;
	height: 43px;
	background: url(../img/global/bg_nav_main.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
	z-index: 9;
}

ul#nav-main li.main
{
	float: left;
	background: url(../img/global/rule_nav_main.gif) no-repeat right 5px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	padding-top: 2px;
	height: 20px;
}

ul#nav-main li.over
{
	background-color: #c03;
}

ul#nav-main li.over,
ul#nav-main li.sibling-over
{
	background-image: none;
}

ul#nav-main li.subscribe
{
	background-image: none;
}

ul#nav-main li.political-animal
{
	padding-left: 5px;
}

ul#nav-main li.main a.main
{
	font: 12px/13px arial black, arial bold, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
}

ul#nav-main li.over a.main
{
	color: #fff;
}

ul#nav-main li.main a.main:hover
{
	text-decoration: none;
}

ul#nav-main li.main ul
{
	display: none;
	position: absolute;
	top: 21px;
	left: 0px;
	font: 11px/13px arial, sans-serif;
	padding-top: 5px;
}

ul#nav-main li.over ul,
ul#nav-main li.main:hover ul
{
	display: block;
}

ul#nav-main li.the-magazine ul
{
	left: 5px;
}

ul#nav-main li.college-guide ul
{
	left: 5px;
}

ul#nav-main li.about-us ul
{
	left: 233px;
}

ul#nav-main li.advertise ul
{
	left: 504px;
}

ul#nav-main li.subscribe ul
{
	left: 430px;
}

ul#nav-main li.main ul li
{
	float: left;
	padding-right: 7px;
	margin-right: 7px;
	border-right: 1px solid #e0ecff;
}

ul#nav-main li.main ul li.last
{
	padding-right: 0;
	margin-right: 0;
	border-right: 0;
}

ul#nav-main li.main ul li a
{
	color: #fff;
}

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div#content-wrapper
{
	overflow: hidden;
	padding-top: 9px;
	margin-bottom: 115px;
}

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div#content
{
	float: left;
	width: 480px;
	margin-right: 80px;
	min-height: 500px;
	_height: 500px;
}

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div#content h1
{
	margin-bottom: 23px;
}

div#content h1,
div#content h1 a,
div#content div#header-college-guide,
div#content div#header-college-guide img
{
	width: 257px;
	height: 87px;
}

div#content h1 a
{
	display: block;
	background: url(../img/home/header_college_guide.gif) no-repeat;
	text-indent: -2000px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

div#content div#header-college-guide
{
	margin-bottom: 23px;
}

p.copy,
div#content p
{
	font: 13px/20px georgia, serif;
	color: #222;
	margin-bottom: 19px;
}

.copy span.dropcap,
div#content span.dropcap
{
	float: left;
	font: 40px arial black, arial bol, arial, sans-serif;
	line-height: 38px;
	margin-right: 3px;
	color: #c03;
	vertical-align: text-top;
	height: 34px;

	+vertical-align: baseline;
	+margin-top: 0px;

	_vertical-align: text-top;
	_display: inline-block;
	_margin-top: -9px;
	_line-height: 34px;
}

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form.standard
{
	overflow: hidden;
}

form.standard label
{
	font: 12/15px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
}

form.standard input.text
{
	border: 1px solid #999;
	padding: 2px;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #333;
}

form.standard a.submit
{
	font: 12px/15px arial black, arial bold, arial;
	color: #c03;
}

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h2.section-header
{
	font: 14px/19px arial black, arial bold, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #c03;
	border-top: 3px solid #c03;
	padding-left: 1px;
}

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h3.list-header
{
	font: 12px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
	background: url(../img/global/rule_item_list.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 3px;
	margin-bottom: 11px;
}

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div.post
{

}

div.post span.date
{
	display: block;
	font: 10px/14px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
}

div.post ul.article-actions
{
	height: 26px;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: url(../img/global/bg_article_actions.gif) repeat-x;
	font: 12px/26px arial, sans-serif;
	margin-bottom: 17px;
}

div.post ul.article-actions li
{
	float: left;
	margin-right: 11px;
}

div.post ul.article-actions li a
{
	color: #069;
}

div.post a.post
{
	display: block;
}

div.post a.post:hover
{
	text-decoration: none;
}

div.post a.post:hover h2.headline,
div.post a.post:hover h3.subhead,
div.post a.post:hover h4.author
{
	text-decoration: underline;
}

div.post a.headline,
div.post h2.headline
{
	display: block;
	font: 18px/20px georgia, serif;
	color: #059;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
}

div.post h2.headline-feature
{
	font-size: 24px;
	line-height: 25px;
}

div.post h3.subhead
{
	font: 14px/20px georgia, serif;
	color: #333;
}

div.post h4.author
{
	font: italic 13px/20px georgia, serif;
	color: #333;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}

div.post img.post
{
	margin-top: 2px;
	margin-bottom: 18px;
}

/*
div.post .copy
{

}

div.post p.copy
{

}
*/

div.post blockquote
{
	font: 12px/18px georgia, serif;
	color: #555;
	margin-left: 25px;
	margin-bottom: 21px;
	margin-right: 25px;
}

div.post blockquote.br
{
	white-space: pre;
}

div.post a
{
	color: #059;
}

div.post a.read-more
{
	font: 12px/20px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #c03;
}

div.post div.post-meta
{

}

div.post div.post-meta,
div.post div.post-meta p
{
	font: 11px/20px arial, sans-serif !important;
	color: #222 !important;
}

div.post div.post-meta p
{
	margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

div.post div.post-meta p a
{
	color: #059;
}

div.post div.post-meta p a.author-name,
div.post div.post-meta p a.view-as-single-page,
div.post div.post-meta p a.email,
div.post div.post-meta p a.print
{
	margin-right: 3px;
}

div.post div.post-meta p a.comments
{
	margin-left: 3px;
}

div.post div.post-meta p a.comments
{
	color: #c03;
}

div.post div.pagination
{
	overflow: hidden;
}

div.post p.author-meta
{
	padding-top: 18px;
	font-family: arial;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 15px;
	color: #333;
	font-style: italic;
	margin-bottom: 19px;
}

div.post p.author-meta a
{
	color: #069;
}

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div.pagination
{
	overflow: hidden;
}

div.pagination ol
{
	float: right;
	font-family: arial;
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height: 20px;
	color: #999;
}

div.pagination li
{
	float: left;
	margin-right: 10px;
}

div.pagination li.previous
{
	margin-right: 12px;
}

div.pagination li.next
{
	margin-right: 0;
	padding-left: 2px;
}

div.pagination li a
{
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #069;
}

div.pagination li.previous a,
div.pagination li.next a
{
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #c03;
}

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div.sidebar
{
	float: left;
}

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div.sidebar-wide
{
	width: 220px;
	margin-right: 20px;
}

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div.sidebar-narrow
{
	width: 160px;
}

div.sidebar div.cover-image
{
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}

div.sidebar div.cover-image img
{
	width: 220px;
	height: 290px;
}

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dl.item-list
{
	margin-bottom: 30px;
}

dl.item-list dt
{
	font: 12px/14px arial black, arial bold, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
	border-top: 3px solid #222;
	margin-bottom: 4px;
}

dl.item-list dt a
{
	color: #000;
}

dl.item-list dt a.sub
{
	color: #069;
}

dl.item-list dd
{
	background: url(../img/global/rule_item_list.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
	padding-bottom: 9px;
	padding-top: 6px;
	font: 12px/15px arial, sans-serif;
}

dl.item-list dd.last
{
	background: none;
	padding-bottom: 0;
}

dl.item-list dd a
{
	display: block;
	font: 12px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
}

dl.item-list dd a span.title
{
	color: #059;
}

dl.item-list dd a span.comments,
dl.item-list dd a span.description
{
	display: block;
}

/* search module */
dl.item-list-search
{
	
}

dl.item-list-search dd form
{
	overflow: hidden;
}

dl.item-list-search dd form input.text
{
	width: 294px;
}

dl.item-list-search dd form a.submit
{
	float: right;
}

/* recent comments */
dl.item-list-comments
{

}

dl.item-list-comments dd a span.comments
{
	color: #c03;
	display: inline;
}

/* signup */
dl.item-list-signup
{

}

dl.item-list-signup dd form p
{
	font: 12px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
}

dl.item-list-signup dd form input.text
{
	width: 154px;
}

dl.item-list-signup dd form a.submit
{
	float: right;
}

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dl#rankings
{
	background: #c03;
	padding: 2px 6px 12px 6px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}

dl#rankings dt
{
	font: 12px/15px arial black, arial bold, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #fff;
	margin-bottom: 16px;
}

dl#rankings dd
{
	font: 12px/15px arial;
}

dl#rankings dd.colleges
{
	background: url(../img/home/bg_rankings.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
	padding-bottom: 9px;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}

dl#rankings dd a
{
	color: #fff;
}

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ul#nav-sub
{
	border-top: 3px solid #c03;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.main
{
	float: left;
}

ul#nav-sub li.political-animal
{
	width: 129px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.the-magazine
{
	width: 120px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.college-guide
{
	width: 160px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.archives
{
	width: 90px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.about-us
{
	width: 110px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.advertise
{
	width: 101px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.donate
{
	width: 89px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.subscribe
{
	width: 111px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.main a.main
{
	font: 12px/15px arial black, arial bold, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
}

ul#nav-sub li.main a.main-hover,
ul#nav-sub li.main a.main:hover
{
	color: #c03;
	text-decoration: none;
}

ul#nav-sub li.main ul
{
	font: 11px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	padding-top: 16px;
}

ul#nav-sub li.main ul li
{

}

ul#nav-sub li.main ul li a
{
	color: #222;
}

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div#footer
{
	border-top: 1px solid #222;
	font: 11px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
	padding-top: 6px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}

div#footer a
{
	color: #222;
}

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div.ad
{

}

div.ad-sidebar
{
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	background: #d5d4d5;
	padding: 10px 0;
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	width: 400px;
}

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div#blog-archive-list
{

}

div#blog-archive-list ul
{
	font: 12px/15px arial, sans-serif;
	padding-top: 6px;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
}

div#blog-archive-list ul li
{

}

div#blog-archive-list ul li a
{
	color: #c03;
}

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ul#posts-compact
{

}

ul#posts-compact li.main
{
	background: url(../img/global/rule_item_list.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}