Word: jointed
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Representatives of the Kennedy School's Coalition for Diversity and several minority groups handed Carnesale a joint petition outlining hiring goals on Tuesday night, just moments after President Neil L. Rudenstine named him the school's new dean...
...Boards' combined efforts during the search are only part of a larger recent effort towards bringing the groups closer together. Corporation members now frequently attend luncheons during overseers' meetings, and the two governing bodies have sponsored joint committees on issues such as divestment in recent years...
...when it comes to the latest groups of immigrants -- as with the settlers in Steinbeck country -- few of the stereotypes apply: most of the state's Hispanics and Asians, not notably self- indulgent, are a long way from hydrotherapy classes or from sleeping with their therapists. The Filipino punk joint may be a symbol of the latest form of California strangeness -- polyglot multiculturalism -- but it hardly seems out of place in a state where tire stores are built in the shape of Mayan temples and movies are screened in a replica of a palace at Thebes...
Wavetech is the western partner of Geointertech, a joint venture with the Russian government...
...Japanese anticipate major benefits too. C. Itoh, which initiated the joint-venture talks last year, plans to expand its cable-TV operations in Japan by drawing heavily on Time Warner's expertise. As the world's largest trading company, C. Itoh (sales: $151 billion) already manages cable firms, runs sports and music channels and owns a 40% stake in two communications satellites. But that still leaves it plenty of room to grow in Japan, where only 18% of the households are wired for cable -- most of them in rural areas with poor regular-TV reception. "Cable is going...