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...break-out” group suggested forming a new umbrella organization for all neighborhoods near Harvard, called Voters for a Livable Cambridge, which could use its collective voting power to sway the city council—the body which hires the city manager...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Residents Fight Harvard Growth | 11/15/2002 | See Source »

...software installed there is illegitimate. But even with its traditionally strong intellectual property laws, Western Europe is having trouble coping with software crime. The busted Italian ring "is known to have links to organized networks in other countries," according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an umbrella group of companies which worked with police on the operation, known as smart. The BSA says it is also cooperating with authorities in the U.K., Netherlands, Germany and Spain on similar large-scale piracy rings. Among the loot seized in operation smart: video games and videocassettes (everything from film classics to the latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busting Software Pirates | 11/10/2002 | See Source »

...brothers say that the organization’s emphasis on fellowship counters the tendency of the gay community to splinter into cliques. “All of these different communities are under our umbrella,” DiPietro says. “We’re inclusive of everything. We don’t promote a certain type of gay person...

Author: By Maggie Morgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Male Bonding | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

Currently, members of Concilio Latino—an umbrella organization for the 12 official Latino student groups on campus—simply volunteer to serve on Concilio’s board...

Author: By Christina M. Anderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Latino Groups To Restructure Umbrella Organization | 11/6/2002 | See Source »

...United States could impose a civilian government, as in Afghanistan, if only we could find anyone capable of leading a representative government. Political dissidents foolhardy enough to remain inside Iraq have a short shelf life. The Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella organization of exiled dissidents, is eager to return to Iraq but lacks any credibility inside the country. The president, Ahmad Chalabi, is widely seen as a corrupt show-off, and the organization’s last attempt to start an uprising against Saddam was an embarrassing failure. We will not find the next leader of Iraq chatting with Western...

Author: By Ebon Y. Lee, | Title: Elections Can Wait | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

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