Word: background
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Roosevelt said that the committee hoped that they would "shed the light of publicity" on the situation and the background of the appointment. He said that at the moment they were trying to find out who was responsible for the appointment. "After that," he continued, "we can decide what we will...
...letter called Oppenheimer a man of "highly questionable moral background." It said that it seemed strange that he should be selected for this distinct honor in Philosophy, a study closely identified with ethics and wisdom...
...fact, to have completed the school's courses at all is proof enough that a man or woman is much more than an ordinary linguist. Today's interpreters must not only have the concentration and quickness to translate words and sentences instantly; they must also have background enough to be able to render shades of meaning and to place emphasis where the speakers want it. "We know our requirements are difficult," says Dean Stelling-Michaud, "but they have to be." A translator who is merely a babbling robot can endanger a whole international conference...
...provide additional background coverage, the News Department presents two other programs. HARVARDIANA, heard Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:15 p.m. offers personal interviews...
...Sundays at 5:30 p.m., the second program, ON FILE, gives a ten-minute analysis and background of recent Harvard, national, and world events...