Word: umbrellas
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...Before leaving Cochin, I return again to the Chinese nets. I read that old plaque. The nets were brought to Kerala between 1350 and 1450. I watch eight men lower one of the nets - a giant wood-ribbed umbrella, suspended from a 30-m wooden spine by a complex system of ropes and stone counterweights - into the water, hold it there for a minute, then haul it out by pulling the ropes like some ancient tug-of-war with the backwaters. The men win, but the prize is paltry: a few eels and some nondescript fish, no more than...
...search is now underway for a new CEO of CareGroup after James L. Reinertsen resigned last month as the chief executive of both CareGroup—a Harvard affiliated umbrella organization of six Massachusetts hospitals—and its flagship, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC...
...Earthbound home prices alone could put a further psychological damper on consumers who are already forsaking Macy?s for Wal-Mart; a slowdown in home sales tends to have a wider and more tangible effect. Housing is known as an "umbrella" sector, because a new home generally comes with other new stuff, from renovations and additions to washers, dryers and home entertainment. In other words, much of the seemingly quixotic summer strength in consumer spending grew out of the housing sector, and the housing sector may be about to cool...
...This man holds an umbrella for Puffy because...
...social club’s continued residence in the building has been uncertain since the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) bought the building in the spring of 2000 from the Institute of 1770—an umbrella group for the four student organizations that have been based out of the building...