Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special self-paced Math 1 section is offered this term to students with some background in calculus. The course, taught by Bamberg, will cover in one semester the material normally covered in both Math...
...special self-paced Math 1 section is offered this term to students with some background in calculus. The course, taught by Bamberg, will cover in one semester the material normally covered in both Math...
Should the occasion arise in the near future whereby the Harvard Athletic department finds itself in the position of having to hire a new varsity coach of one sort or another, the department would be well advised to check up not only on the applicant's background, past coaching record and SAT scores, but on that person's ability to give witty quotes to the press as well...
...does not so much say different things to different audiences as emphasize different aspects of his background. Before naval construction workers in Groton, Conn., he stresses his years in the Navy and his belief in "a strong, muscular defense." Before the B'nai B'rith in Washington, he notes that he and other Baptists consider the creation of Israel to be "the fulfillment of biblical prophecy." Speaking to farmers in Des Moines, he reminds them that he too is a farmer and urges an end to grain embargoes...
...seat of the Dalai Lama, Potala is now a cultural relic. It remains an architectural wonder. Designed as fortress, labyrinth and spiritual sanctuary, Potala rises 13 stories high and stretches 460 yards along the dominating hillside. Across the front of the palace, in giant white letters on a black background, was a solemn epitaph: ETERNAL GLORY TO CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG, GREAT LEADER AND GREAT TEACHER...