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...problem is most challenging with “dual-career academic couples,” according to Fisher, as there is a particularly small number of positions available in academia...
...even more difficult when both members of the couple are looking for positions in the same field. Not only does the limited availability of academic jobs make a dual appointment within a department unlikely, but such a hire also presents a potential conflict of interest with issues such as confidentiality and voting on promotions, according to Venky...
...Virgin Blue,” Chevalier’s under-recognized literary debut—published in Britain in 1997 but not released in this country until 2003—tells the dual narratives of 16th-century Isabelle Tournier and her modern-day descendant, Boston-bred Ella Turner, two women who are linked by a haunting family secret...
...teams have been beaten soundly in their recent forays into the NCAA tournament. This lessening in overall talent could conceivably lead to a lessening in the gap between the top and bottom teams, but that parity has to this point not appreciably weakened the power of the dual league juggernauts. Attendance is also a major issue—so far this year, five Ivy teams are drawing well less than 1,000 fans per game, with Columbia clocking in with a dismal average of 349 spectators...
...younger members got to experience the “excitement of a big meet atmosphere,” hopefully preparing them for future competitions. The team’s most important early-season tests will come in two home meets in January, when it faces Northeastern in a dual meet and Brown and Cornell in a tri-meet. Although Coach Saretsky maintained that the nature of the Harvard Invitational makes it hard to get any indication of the team’s overall improvement, he said that certain notable individual performances were certainly a good sign. Specifically...