Word: jointed
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...leaves the "international magnate" solution. Pravda employees speculate that Frolov was referring to British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, who has visited Gorbachev twice this year, as a potential backer. A day after Frolov's announcement, the youth daily Komsomolskaya Pravda charged that Maxwell had recently pulled out of a joint venture with the independent Moscow News and closed the paper's London edition without warning. Even if a white knight comes to Frolov's rescue, it is hard to see how the beleaguered editor can effectively implement all the much needed changes...
...three co-ed a cappella groups, who might be expected to feel competitive with one another, are sponsoring a joint jam this December. The Christmas concert marks the first combined effort of the ensembles independent of the Freshman Jam. Hunter says she thinks this event is indicative of a new spirit of cooperation among Harvard's singing groups. Though she acknowledges that "recognition is something [a cappella groups] have to fight for," Hunter says that the various performers "are finally supporting each other instead of competing." Krochuk says he has noticed that trend himself...
Harvard-Smithsonian's proposed six-telescope array would measure submillimeter wavelengths, light waves shorter than radiowaves and longer than infrared. The Center, a joint venture of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory, is deciding whether to place its telescopes at Mt. Graham or at the 13,000-foot Mauna Kea in Hawaii, says Irwin I. Shapiro, director of the Center and Paine professor of practical astronomy...
...says the barter proposal should not be interpreted as meaning Harvard-Smithsonian prefers the Mt. Graham site over the one in Hawaii. "Sometimes it is easy to help your neighbor. If we are involved with a joint project with the University of Arizona, we do things for them, and they can pay us back," he says...
...airwaves with poorly substantiated spots suggesting that Williams is a "deadbeat" guilty of shady business deals. With feigned humor, Williams wondered aloud whether Richards, who was a problem drinker until 10 years ago, is tippling again. Then, playing the injured party, Williams two weeks ago told her during a joint appearance in Dallas, "I'm here to call you a liar today...