Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contest, of the two major candidates "pressing in on us." Some object, but most seem intrigued. The regular evening newscasts, Pollster Louis Harris believes, are the basic ingredient in forming a presidential aspirant's image. That image is shaped further by the viewer's own prejudices and background, enlarged by his reading and talking with friends...
...students are given a thorough background in medicine, they're going to go out and practice medicine," he said...
...Faculty Council, charged with reviewing the case, decided Wednesday that the facts were too vague. No one could be sure whether the three undergraduate men who attended the first seminar withdrew from the course because they were excluded as males, or because they didn't have the background in feminist literature necessary for an advanced course on women...
...like to teach," says William L. Bruce, a dean of the Law School. "I like the idea of Extension: truly open enrollment education at its very best. There's no money or hassle; it's just a question of commitment. Whatever your background and resources you can get a Harvard degree and march in the Harvard Commencement," he says. "There is a positive responsibility that schools have to make available degrees for credit to men and women who haven't completed their education in like institutions," Bruce says...
...downstate Illinois Carter broke even with Ford--something no other Democrat, excepting Lyndon Johnson, has done since 1948. The story was the same in central Ohio around Columbus, in western Wisconsin and much of Iowa. The Democratic candidate's background as a Southern farmer and evangelical Protestant undoubtedly made the difference here...