Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...South African advisers. As a result, Portuguese businessmen are recruiting replacements from the large Portuguese community (400,000 people) in South Africa. That is not the only place where mercenaries are being sought. An ad in the Fresno, Calif., Bee last week advertised for "mercenaries, activities in Africa ... military background a must." The ad was placed by David Bufkin, 38, a crop duster and former G.I. who said he had been hired by "Portuguese interests" to recruit 300 Americans for UNITA and the F.N.L.A. ($1,200 a month for a one-year stint...
...Tellier has no personal life that we know about. Without a past or future, he seems to be on duty at all hours of the day and night. He is impatient with the routine background work involved in tracking criminals, thriving mainly on the physical excitement of the chase. And he does chase--the movie contains far too much footage of Belmondo riding on the roofs of subway trains, dangling from helicopters, and hanging by his little finger from the rainpipes of Paris. When he is congratulated by a superior for bringing in a killer, he answers modestly, "It doesn...
Taken one by one, the remaining essays seem rather thin. Only Brown's essay can fill in their background. Robert Rauschenberg contributes a few clipped comments, refusing to let his years as Cunningham's manager and designer "be short-changed by memory or two-dimensional facts." His words seem flip until Brown's narrative tells how exciting was his time with the company and how sad and little-discussed his leaving. Similarly, former manager Lewis Lloyd's hard-headed opinions on how to run a company sound less obstreperous after Brown details Cunningham's peculiar brand of leadership...
...Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, says increased reliance on objective data could make admission of non-traditional students--those coming from a background lacking in strong academic reinforcement--more difficult...
...profound emotions, but a certain light pathos makes it appealing. The film's best scene is a picnic in the woods. Jake, Gitl, Joey and Bernstein, gather up the proper equipment and head into the woods. Just as they break through a clearing, a light rag picks up for background music, establishing a light mood. As sunlight streams through the trees, Jake starts up a game of all-American baseball with his son; there's something whimsical about this little group eating lunch on the grass, all of them feeling uncomfortable in their stiff clothing. This thread of light comedy...