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Against this auspicious backdrop, Kane says he and his new staff are excited to have the database in place so they can work on simplifying the bureaucratic necessities of student life...
...instead will do it in South Carolina, in front of an aircraft carrier. The switch puts more emphasis on his military background and less on his Massachusetts roots, which are both political baggage and a reminder of how directly he is competing with Dean. And the aircraft-carrier backdrop draws a more direct contrast with a different presidential candidate: George W. Bush. You can count on hearing Kerry's favorite applause line of late: "I learned something about aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin--I learned about them for real...
...show: a massive canvas that rarely leaves Moscow, Introduction to the Jewish Theatre. Created by Chagall to decorate that city's 90-seat State Jewish Chamber Theater, it was also a manifesto of his deliberately impure aesthetic, in which broad bands of color derived plainly from Suprematism are the backdrop--but only the backdrop--for resolutely nonabstract acrobats and livestock. In the lower right-hand corner, just above Chagall's signature, a man urinates directly into the eye of a pig. A parting shot at the Gentile Malevich? Some scholars think...
...Bill Clinton five years earlier, the tour provided the symbolic backdrop for atonement. In a speech devoted to confronting America's bitter past, Bush called slavery "one of the greatest crimes of history." For a president who promised a humble foreign policy but has been derided as a crusading interventionist, the speech set the tone for a five day, five country tour of Africa meant to show the softer side of Bush's foreign face. But repeating the Clinton approach also suggested that there is a consensus on dealing with Africa: by humbling themselves U.S. presidents hope to create...
...their tales move beyond hot tubs and House life, the backdrop to their stories jumps from one exotic locale to the next...