In France, the large research units that pull together several groups working under a similar theme are usually called laboratoires.
Large conferences can be intimidating, but smaller groups meeting around a discrete theme are usually more relaxed, so it's easier to make a connection.
Themes are usually a bore anyway.
The Roman pantomime differed from mime in two ways: its themes were usually loftier, and, unlike the mime actor, the pantomimus wore various masks, which identified his characters but deprived him of speech and of the use of facial expressions.
The Roman pantomime differed from its equally popular sister form, mime, in two ways: its themes were usually loftier, avoiding the farce and coarse humour that were common in mime; and, unlike the mime actor, the pantomimus wore various masks, which identified the characters but precluded the actor's use of facial expressions.
Drupal themes are usually either made for the website as it's seen by visitors (called the front-end), or for the administrators when they log in (called the back-end); often called 'admin themes'.
Many newspaper features will have a theme which is usually the basis for the story.
Theme park fare is usually limited to burgers, hot dogs and fries, but Mythos (located in the Lost Continent area of the park), steps up the flavor game.
"That has become a theme in our relationship: she is usually right".
In the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major (1806), for instance, the theme in the development that is usually described as "new" is really a decorated version of a motive already heard in the exposition.
