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• n  a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

• As Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived at the south portico of the White House last week, he may have had a fleeting fancy that he had come to a banana republic or a .
• The first mosque was Muhammad's mud-brick house in Medina, where a portico of palm-tree branches provided shade for prayer and theological discussion.
• One by one they have come to Washington on the invitation of President Roosevelt to discuss their problems, pose for a ritual photograph in the White House portico while the .

News & Articles

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• Hilco Acquires “Portico” and “Under the Canopy” Consumer Lifestyle Brands
  Hilco Brands, LLC, the brand investment and management division of Hilco Global, today announced the acquisition of the Portico® and Under the Canopy® brands from New York-based Portico Brand Group.
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

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• Dana Perino in The Miami Herald
  The address, press secretary Dana Perino said, "would be the last scheduled public event before the president-elect arrives at the North Portico on Inauguration Day," Jan. 20.
• Ratan Tata in India.com
  If I look at what we had ...... it could not have stopped what took place,Tata said, "It's ironic that we did have such a warning, and we did have some measures. People couldn't park their cars in the portico, where you had to go through a...
• Jimmy Carter in FOXNews
  For the Noida TCS office, a double skinned wall ensures a system of natural ventilation for the internal spaces of the office. The south walls have no apertures, and thus form a screen against the direct and strong sunlight. A portico shaped space... Mario Botta http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Botta&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGXM0EzsliHpG8gkXCBNBJfnpEU9g Economic Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/property/Mario-Botta-Swiss-architect-who-designed-TCS-offices/articleshow/5597899.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEA-U8doiEcYIzeLgDH-vJdlPYlfA Feb 20, 2010 76170 102953 portion Former President Jimmy Carter said, I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man."