Word: umbrellaism
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...what happens when an "irreconcilable" like Baitullah Mehsud declares a cease-fire? As head of the militant umbrella group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Mehsud has waged a devastating campaign in Waziristan against government forces for the past year. Now local journalists there report that he has circulated leaflets commanding his followers to halt attacks in preparation for peace talks. The move has been greeted with relief by the military, which has lost nearly 1000 troops to militant activity over the past several years. "Any cessation of hostilities is a welcome step," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told...
Within the Psychology department, colleagues emphasized Kosslyn’s administrative acuity and ability to overcome intellectual divisions—a talent that may be useful as he looks to coordinate the activities of the several departments that fall under the umbrella of the social sciences...
...most troubling evidence of this came earlier this week, when the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, an Eritrea-based umbrella group that includes many of the Islamists, said it was no longer prepared to talk about negotiating with Somalia's new Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein. Hussein had brought a hint of hope for Somalia's future with a promise to negotiate with the Islamists. But now, amid the latest fighting and allegations of rights abuses by Ethiopian troops, those tentative hopes seem to have been crushed. "We are not going to talk to with the Ethiopians...
...mean to,” Ittelson said. “They have to decide whether they want to take over the Square with all Harvard space or throw out small businesses.” But Timothy Locke, the director of business development at The Regus Group, the umbrella group of which HQ is a part, said that discussions with Harvard are ongoing. “Harvard technically owns the building, so they can do whatever they want with the space,” Locke said. “There are over 12 months to go until this lease expires...
...broad comic turns from a few supporting players, the film plays the material straight. Epiphanies emerge naturally, like the moments when the gang, in the apartment above the shop, chisels a hole in the floor, and we get our first, eerily surreal view of the jewelry premises, as an umbrella is lowered through a ceiling hole and slowly opens (to catch the debris). Formidable...