Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surrounded recombinant DNA experiments has forced scientists to face the issue of accountability to the public that funds their experiments. Lear documents how some scientists have struggled to avoid this responsibility, and his detailed presentation of the political battle as well as his clear explanation of its scientific background make this book important reading for the layman...
...commend you for giving recognition to the equestrian Three-Day World Championships [Oct. 2] and to a sport that has been in the background for years but is growing in popularity. H?wever, I find it appalling that this phase of competition causes the death or near death of horses. It is time changes occurred to allow horses to remain healthy and still bring honor...
...that it will be. just the thing to attract people to his 110-acre campground, recreation area and Christian retreat. None of which would have bothered Lincoln, who once remarked during a campaign that "if the good people, in their wisdom, shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined...
Williams believes the new pope--who named himself John Paul II, as a tribute to his predecessor--may be a powerful force for change within the Church. He said Wojtyla's academic background in ethics--especially marital ethics--could well lead John Paul II to reform the Church's stand against artificial contraception, an issue that has divided many Catholics in the past decade...
Ross S. Lipman '80, an association member, said yesterday some graduate students are teaching sections on topics in which they have little or no background. "Many are unqualified for their jobs," he said...