Word: umbrellaism
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...however, are marred by real problems that need solutions. There are tragic undercurrents caused mainly by lack of infrastructure, rampant corruption and the absence of realistic programs to combat poverty in urban and rural areas. Unless these two future superpowers make efforts to bring all social classes under their umbrella of success, we cannot be euphoric over their one-dimensional growth. Arvind K. Pandey Allahabad, India Communication Trouble The report on selective mutism, the childhood disorder that keeps youngsters from speaking in public places [Feb. 6], reminded me of the importance of having continuous communication between schools and parents...
Huddling under the same umbrella, Eric and Christina made small talk on their way to Cambridge’s Nine Tastes. The spicy meal engendered even spicier conversation as the couple’s chatter ranged from spring break plans to classes. In fact, the budding romantics discovered they were in the same Life Science section...
...bold move has prompted a backlash from conservative Christians who support the administration's opposition to the Kyoto accords. Last week, 22 evangelicals, including James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, and Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship ministries, wrote the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group that represents 30 million Christians, demanding that it back off from supporting measures to curb global warming...
...CRASH, YOU FACE DISCRIMINATION AS A YUPPIE TV DIRECTOR, WHICH IS WORLDS AWAY FROM THE PIMP YOU PLAYED. DID THAT MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT RACE IN HOLLYWOOD? We're all caught up under this umbrella of political correctness, which I truly believe is a front for bigotry because we don't learn about each other. Until people start being truly honest--that's when we'll be able to bring an end to the problems we see associated with race in Hollywood and the rest of the world...
...year-old--he's a movie star, for heaven's sake; it's his business not to act his age--but we have to wonder why, when the picture is set in Seattle, where it rains often, this detail-oriented guy never seems to remember his raincoat or umbrella. Then there's the matter of the family. What has rendered them so friendless? Only once does someone call to inquire why they haven't been around. The mailman doesn't appear. No one drops by to ask the kids to play. And then there's the robbers: a bunch...