Word: jointing
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...from OCS in 2002 to highlight international programs. This fall, the OIP moved for the second time in roughly a year to be near their larger counterpart, a shift administrators say is intended to increase coordination between the offices’ offerings for undergraduates by creating shared office space, joint events, and further collaborating in their online efforts. Administrators said the changes stem from a growth in responsibilities for the OIP, which recently began administering the new David Rockefeller International Experience Grants—which funded over 500 students in its inaugural year. Between the influx of funding and increasing...
...understand their concern for large pets, dogs and cats, but for fish, turtles, hamsters, no reason to,” said this student’s girlfriend, who share what they consider joint custody of their two hamsters, Hammie and Marshmallow, and a rat they rescued from certain death at a Harvard...
...India follows years of turbulence. It was the leading soft-drink brand from 1958 to 1977, when India's business environment turned nationalist. After the government demanded that Coke reveal its formula and become a minority owner, the company bolted. Pepsi jumped into India in 1988 as a joint venture with a state-owned enterprise and Voltas, part of the Tata Group conglomerate. In Coke's absence, the company gradually accumulated market share...
...called the Center for Science and Environment (CSE)--a group focused on environmental-sustainability issues--which alleged that samples of the companies' drinks tested high for pesticide residue. Both firms' sales and reputations were hit hard. In a rare moment of solidarity, Pepsi and Coca-Cola held a joint press conference attacking the NGO. The claims were raised again in 2006, and annual sales of carbonated drinks shrank. An expert panel appointed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare later found problems with CSE's testing...
...canceled system). What's more, they can perform missions other than missile defense, and they are considerably cheaper. "This system gives us a much more significant and robust capability to adapt to the threat as it actually emerges," Marine General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday, Sept...