In the front hall, on the back of the front door, I hung a mirror framed in a dark wood that matched the color of the umbrella stand.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish

Her home is filled with art and objects acquired during her travels, like the umbrella stand in her bathroom made from an artillery shell that nearly killed her in Sarajevo.

WSJ: Christiane Amanpour

The new service will benefit from the creative vision of music icon and newly appointed Chief Creative Officer Trent Reznor and is set to launch in late 2013 as a stand-alone company under the Beats Electronics umbrella.

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But he also thinks that small stand-alone firms and their entrepreneurs need some protection: hence the Idealab umbrella.

ECONOMIST: Johnny Appleseed.com

The re-charger will consume 50% less stand-by energy than today's models, the GSM Association (GSMA), an umbrella group for the industry, said.

BBC: Universal charger for phones plan