Word: umbrellas
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...other program leaders have noted that some PBHA programs are more integral to and dependent on the umbrella organization than others, and that their programs could get along well without the Association...
...matching welfare recipients with participating churches. In Mississippi, Governor Kirk Fordice's Faith and Families program has paired 504 welfare families with 338 churches, which help them with everything from studying for the high school equivalency exam to honing job-interview skills. Michigan's welfare officials have hired two umbrella religious groups to work with more than 100 churches on a similar program. Welfare recipients aren't required to attend church, but the idea is that the church will provide a sense of community and a support network that a welfare office typically does not. "The people in the faith...
...decision is made, could be ready for deployment three years after that." Summing up, he added, "So we are about...six years away from deployment of national missile-defense systems." After a year, Perry said the U.S. was still six years away from a national missile umbrella. "Our plan is to complete the development of a national missile-defense system over the next three years," he said. "At that time, if such a threat is emerging, we would be ready to deploy this defense system in another three years...
...biggest names in American letters signed on, including scholars Alfred Kazin and Roger Shattuck, novelist Cynthia Ozick, poet Donald Hall and the late Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky. "I don't think the MLA is the evil empire," says Alter, who maintains membership in both groups. "It's an umbrella organization. But academic people are conformist. With 30,000 people under one big top, you have a lot of conformism...
...happy. "Actors complain that their TV shows have not been good for them, but The Avengers has been great to me," says Patrick Macnee, 75, the original Steed, who has a cameo in the film and a 2.5% stake in the show. "And, thank goodness, Steed still carries an umbrella instead...