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Word: umbrellas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear and authentic last testament by Hughes is found, a gigantic scramble for the remaining money seems certain to break out anyway. That fight, which could have incalculable consequences, would pit Hughes' long-estranged, patrician Houston relatives against a triumvirate of insiders at Hughes' Summa Corp., the umbrella company formed in 1972 to oversee his vast holdings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: THE HUGHES LEGACY SCRAMBLE FOR THE BILLIONS | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

...group is being formed as part of the Task Force on Affirmative Action, a campus-wide umbrella organization comprising 15 separate groups that has been working since September to improve University hiring policies towards minorities and women...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Aff Act | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

P.L.O. strength has been further sapped by disunity within its own ranks. Formed in 1964 as an umbrella organization of six fedayeen groups, the P.L.O. has always been loose-knit and ideologically divided. In the past year internal squabbles have intensified. On the one side are the relative moderates: Arafat's Fatah (6,700 members of whom some 2,000 are active fighters) and Syrian-backed Saiqa (about 2,000 members, including 1,000 fighters). Opposing them are such "rejection front" groups as George Habash's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (estimated membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Debate at the U.N.: The P.L.O. Problem | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...umbrella group will meet four times each year. Two representatives of each of the participating groups will attend each meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counseling Groups Form Committee, Prepare Newsletter | 12/17/1975 | See Source »

Anita D. Howard, assistant to the dean of undergraduate affairs, said yesterday the umbrella group is more a network to coordinate activities and exchange ideas than an official organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counseling Groups Form Committee, Prepare Newsletter | 12/17/1975 | See Source »

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