Word: jointed
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Renowned social historian and Pulitzer-Prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich this week accepted a joint appointment from the women's studies committee and the history department. She will begin teaching at Harvard in the fall...
Because Ulrich will split her time with the history department, she will only fill half of Hufton's position. The women's studies committee is conducting a joint search with the sociology department to fill the other half and will soon meet to decide on a short list of candidates, Schor said...
...approval, which followed Monday's approval by the house's Joint Committee on Local Affairs, comes three weeks after voters across the state passed ballot Question 9 by a margin of 51 to 49 percent...
...Their joint rebellion produces some narrative fireworks but also a few nagging questions in the aftermath. August and Katarina suffer unhappy fates for their refusal to be drawn into any plan that would include them in what passes for a regular life: he dies, she vanishes. Peter fares better, if a strong penchant for pomposity can be considered an improvement. He is now married and has a daughter (he calls them "the woman" and "the child") and writes things like "The life of every person contains something of significance" and "Nature is a blessing, an opportunity for growth that...
Offscreen, the couple's marriage was marred by Arnaz's drinking, gambling and incessant philandering. Ball was forgiving, but the pair finally divorced in 1960. Arnaz proved a poor manager of their joint Desilu production company, while Ball persevered, starring in another top-rated sitcom, The Lucy Show. "There's no way I'm going to stay here and become Mr. Ball," said Arnaz early on. If anyone in this immensely readable book fits the unlikely description of misery-stricken sitcom star...