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...ethnic club and AAA leaders are quick to assert the independence of Asian ethnic clubs from AAA. While students and administrators refer to AAA as the "umbrella group" for all Asian clubs, that is not the case, says Cheng. "AAA is independent with a different mandate than [other ethnic clubs have...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Staying Away From the Political Fray | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...first meeting of a newly organized interfaith and interethnic umbrella group left some students cautiously optimistic and others uncertain about the need for yet another group to address issues of diversity and understanding...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Interethnic Group Formed | 2/6/1990 | See Source »

...further evidence of a slow but sure retreat from the pro-life stance that has been official Republican policy for ten years. Look at the G.O.P. as a "big tent," said party chairman Lee Atwater. "Forget politics. Do and support what you truly, truly believe. We are an umbrella party." Anyone who thinks Atwater is free-lancing without higher approval has been smoking crack with Marion Barry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Big Tent Around Abortion | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...networks, yeah boy. News Flash! and we do mean flash. And we do mean bite. And we do mean noise. BAWOOOOM !... as Calvin and Hobbes say. But I'm not worried because my government has everything under the Stars safe from Wars, has me sheltered under the umbrella of Technology, so I'm happy and warm in my rotomatic living room with the lazy-susan chair and the remote control environmental fix'it'all machine the IRS gave me inside my annual Christm Holiday rebate. So I'm content, if a little TENSE...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Cheesy Politics | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Konstantin Trenchev, a leader of the Union of Democratic Forces, an umbrella opposition group, said he doubts the hard-liners can retain lasting influence, given the radical changes in Eastern Europe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bulgarians Protest New Policies | 1/10/1990 | See Source »

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