Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...example, it is common knowledge that Harvard could accept an entire class, all of whose members achieved SAT scores above 700. But Harvard wants diversity and accepts those with lower scores. The same applies to geographic distribution, social class, ethnic background, wonks vs. jocks; Harvard consciously attempts to achieve a diverse student body...
...concerning not past background but present life styles, diversity is not tolerated in the House system. More and more students are trying to move off campus, largely as a response to the set of restrictions which prevail in the Houses. "Many of the people I know who have moved, or who are planning to move off-campus are among the most interesting, most active, most creative students," says James E. Thomas, senior advisor to freshmen. "These are the students who feel most strongly the need to develop individual live styles--and are therefore the most likely to find the rules...
Clemens will work with the defensive line under head coach, John M. Yovicsin. "I've known George ever since he's been in Boston," Yovicsin said, "and I'm extremely happy to have him join our staff. He has an excellent background and a fine record of accomplishment...
...Russell tribunal was little more than a symbolic gesture against the war, although it did gather together nearly 500 pounds of evidence on alleged U.S. war crimes in Vietnam. And Dedijer himself has often been condemned by Yugoslavian Communists for his "pro-Americanism." Given this background, it is difficult to see how his presence in the U.S. as a visiting professor of humanities could be contrary to the national interest. If the State Department kept out every alien opposed to the war in Vietnam, the U.S. balance of payments would be dealt a staggering blow...
...Metastaseis, leotard-clad dancers writhe, roll and wrestle around a bare stage against a stark background. But where the Balanchine ballet suggested the physics lab, the permutations of Ceremony smacked of the Kama Sutra in slow motion, as the dancers' bodies were juxtaposed in a complex series of stately tableaux. The maneuvers, however, were less sensual than static-and, accompanied as they were by a chilling, unromantic score, seemed as moving as a set of judo diagrams...