His umbrella organisation, Anschutz Investment Company, has tentacles which spread also to sports and leisure.
His success will ultimately be measured by his ability to draw other liberal constituencies, such as organised labour, under his umbrella.
And a passing priest, Father Theo from Switzerland, paused just long enough under his umbrella to say that what the Pope had done took courage, and he had shown humility.
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Ian Poulter said he used his umbrella to shield the wind so he could mark his ball on the green, but when the umbrella moved, so did his golf ball.
The man, wearing a black overcoat, approached the bus purposefully in heavy morning snow as soldiers were boarding, set down his umbrella and went under the chassis as if to fix something, according to a witness.
There were even pre-round shenanigans when Bradley went into the champions' locker room Thursday morning to find his clubs spread out on the floor and his open umbrella near his empty golf bag, courtesy of Dufner.
Adoboli also set up what he called his "umbrella", a slush fund he could use to hide any profits on his unauthorised trades.
She is nominated against former Booker rival Will Self for his novel Umbrella, and Kerry Hudson, for her debut, Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma.
The schedule at Daydreamer Projects, his aptly named umbrella company for all these ventures, is as exhausting as it is varied.
Ten minutes later he walks out from behind a row of bushes, a stooped figure with his head down, wearing large black galoshes and holding a closed umbrella at his side while the rain pours down onto a limp fishing hat.
He was wearing a blue blazer, a navy shirt and grey slacks, and cradled an umbrella at his side.
At the base, the new prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) emerged from the back of an armoured truck, followed by a retinue of aides - one holding a large umbrella over his head.
His Fininvest holding company has AC Milan under its vast umbrella, and in an interview just before his departure he suggested he might become the president of the football club once again - three years after being forced to give up the role due to a conflict of interests in the wake of his 2008 election win.
About ten minutes later, he was on his bike again, heading back to Umbrella Street.
Earlier, the commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army said his group would work "under the umbrella" of any new government.
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The English Premiership clubs' umbrella organisation Premier Rugby objected to his selection as the game is not in the International Rugby Board Test window.
Fond of Lands' End tailoring, knit ties and cheap watches, Boies quickly returns in a gray tweed wool jacket, which, for the rest of the day, he pulls over his head to stay dry, as if an umbrella might slow him down.
In past seasons, Mr. Giorgetti irreverently splattered giant hearts, thick umbrella striping, and 3-D geometrics on his clothes.
His new position handed him overall control of News International, an umbrella company that includes the Sun newspaper, the Times and the defunct News of the World -- the paper whose activities triggered the current UK media crisis.
Riad al-Asaad, leader of a now-sidelined rebel umbrella group known as the Free Syrian Army, had his right foot amputated following the blast late on Sunday, according to an activist in the town of Mayadeen where the attack took place.
While Arnault has publicly denied that he intends to take control of the company, various individuals affiliated with Hermes fear he will continue his pattern of acquiring family-owned fashion businesses to expand the LVMH umbrella.
Weill was proud of the Travelers umbrella logo, and had it emblazoned on just about everything including his own neckties.
The previous week, his message was the same for the National Council of La Raza, an umbrella group representing Latino voters.
Any peace talks with Israel would be left to Mr Abbas in his other role as head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the Palestinians' umbrella body.
In 2011, UAW head Bob King met with leaders of IG Metall, a large umbrella union which represents Volkswagen workers in Germany, to secure their support in his efforts to unionize the Tennessee Volkswagen plant.
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"I have to wear sleeves and carry an umbrella, " said Lee Thomas, who wrote a memoir called "Turning White, " which discusses his physical and mental struggles as an African-American man whose skin changes because of vitiligo.
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