Word: jointed
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...groups find a following among students and alumni alike. A following so sizeable that last spring's Missa Solemnis, a joint concert between The Harvard Glee Club, The Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS), and the Collegium Musicum, played to a full Sanders Theater. The Collegium sold out its St. Matthew's Passion performance well in advance. And Glee Club members say they expect a full house of school-spirited students and nostalgic alumni at their traditional Yale Game concert next week...
...melding the charisma of her family with the subcontinent's rich religious images of motherhood and successfully passing her office to her son Rajiv. Six years after her assassination, she is still idolized. Says Sudhir Kakar, an Indian psychoanalyst: "She is looked upon as the sacrificing mother of the joint family." Born to privilege, Gandhi believed she was born to rule as well. She once quoted Robert Frost to Rajiv: "How hard it is to keep from being king, when it's in you and in the situation...
...doesn't help that over the past 25 years the cost of housing has jumped 56% and college tuitions have rocketed 87.9% in real dollars. Joseph Minarik, executive director of the congressional Joint Economic Committee estimates that the typical 30-year-old man buying a median-priced home in 1973 incurred carrying costs equal to 21% of his income. By 1987 this had risen to 40%. For the first time since World War II, home ownership among young families is declining. Complains Karen, a 26-year-old housewife in the Chicago area: "You either buy a home, both...
...just as today's at-home mother may be tomorrow's working mom, today's career woman may soon be pregnant and thinking about remaining at home. "One day the Ozzie and Harriet couple is eating a family meal," says Whitehead. "The next day, they are working out a joint-custody arrangement...
...credit, Jewett responded immediately to his critics. He contacted the two posterers and--setting aside their personal attacks on him--met with them to discuss the issue. He wrote a letter to RUS proposing a joint meeting with RUS leaders, the Faculty Council and the Administrative Board. He now plans a mass mailing to all undergraduates to explain his position...