Word: bannering
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...would think that a modern industrial process that creates $1 billion a year in profits would make its creators and operators proud. You'd think they would be doubly pleased with themselves for doing it under the banner of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy. In fact, you'd think they would want their names in the paper and awards on their wall. But in the case of a strange kind of American alchemy involving coal, don't expect to be welcome on a plant tour. The reason isn't that secrecy is necessary to protect a technological marvel...
...SWISS FEEL LIKE NEGROES, the man says with a smile, THEN PARLIAMENT NEEDS TO GET ITSELF A REAL ONE. The grinning face belongs to Andrew Katumba, who's the son of asylum seekers from Uganda, a naturalized Swiss citizen and a candidate for parliament. He's running under the banner of Secondos Plus, a left-of-center group made up of foreign-born Swiss who promote simplified naturalization and integration of foreigners into Swiss society. "Like it or not, Switzerland is a multicultural country now," Katumba says. "We're here to stay...
...coast of California, President George W. Bush landed in flying gear on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln--which sported a banner reading MISSION ACCOMPLISHED--and said, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." The war, said Bush, had been carried out "with a combination of precision and speed and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before...
...least when Larry Flynt comes to speak at Harvard, he does so under the banner of pop culture, not academia. Ms. Adams is not a credible academic and her mere appearance at Harvard denigrates the university. At least in this sense, it is pleasing to see that Ms. Adams is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and not of one of Harvard’s. Even if the Quincy co-master has erred in giving Ms. Adams’ an intellectual pedestal to speak, at least we are spared the embarrassment of having produced a graduate capable of such drivel...
...least when Larry Flynt comes to speak at Harvard, he does so under the banner of pop culture, not academia. Ms. Adams is not a credible academic and her mere appearance at Harvard denigrates the university. At least in this sense, it is pleasing to see that Ms. Adams is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and not of one of Harvard’s. Even if the Quincy co-master has erred in giving Ms. Adams’ an intellectual pedestal to speak, at least we are spared the embarrassment of having produced a graduate capable of such drivel...