Word: umbrellas
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...college admissions office often touts the school’s diversity, showcased by a wide array of ethnic organizations, religious communities, and groups such as the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies (QSA), an umbrella group for students of different sexualities and gender identities...
...Though details are still unclear, the plan appears to place the individual brands under the umbrella of a kind of holding company, described in a statement by Porsche as an "integrated leading company." The merger also entails a $6.7 billion capital increase, financed by Porsche's existing shareholders, for the new company this year or next, according to a Reuters report...
...Harvard, Resendes has kept himself busy away from O’Donnell Field. Among his extracurricular commitments is his direction of the Committee on Deaf Awareness (CODA), a student group under the Phillips Brooks House Association’s (PBHA) umbrella of service programs. Two weeks ago, Resendes and CODA organized Deaf Awareness Week, which included various speakers and campus events...
Like other Iraqis, Jabouri wonders who exactly is behind the latest spate of killings. Possibilities include agents of Iran as well as a reconstituting Ba'athist movement. The umbrella insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq remains the most vocal and visible among Iraq's militants, however. Many Iraqi security officials, insurgency experts in Baghdad and Awakening leaders worry that the militants, who melted away during the U.S surge, may have reformed into smaller, yet increasingly lethal, movements in their existing havens of Mosul and Diyala province. Indeed, there is some fear that al-Qaeda may be infiltrating the Awakening...
...science library services would facilitate interdisciplinary research and economize the purchasing, licensing, and processing of materials, according to Bloxham’s statement. But Brainard did not deny the possibility of cost-reduction measures. Given the current fiscal picture, the merging of the science libraries under one administrative umbrella is likely part of a concerted effort to shave costs, according to two library staffers interviewed yesterday. “Any plan to consolidate in this climate is basically a retreat—a step back to contain losses, to try and control expenditures,” said Richard E. Kaufman...