Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...employee in a real estate firm. He is clean-cut and innocent with bright blue eyes, and he meets a wealthy woman whom he marries several scenes later. As Moorehouse's career soars, the plot switches focus to Janey and Joe Williams, two kids from a middle-class Georgetown background. Unlike Moorehouse, Janey and Joe do not become success stories. Joe runs away from home, enlists in the navy, deserts, and become a workingman whose "future is behind him." Janey ends up as Moorehouse's secretary...
Wilson said many Natural Science faculty members believe an introductory core course would not benefit students who lack a strong technical background...
...Gillian's school has blood dribble from her nose all over her lunch, but Carrie Snodgrass' blood splashes lovingly, lyrically over a windshield. Clearly, the more DePalma relishes his characters, the more he puts into their deaths. It would be nice to know something about his childhood and psychological background; perhaps it would give us a clue as to why he unleashes so much fury on his characters. He's so perverse and sadistic that he really is endearing--he probably sleeps on a rack. The Fury is a startlingly pure film: 100 per cent...
Mallardi's high standards and excellent background have served to increase the interest in performing. In addition, there has been a surge in participation in dance at all levels. According to Myra Mayman, coordinator for the arts at Harvard, the number of Harvard and Radcliffe students enrolling in dance classes has been increasing steadily for the last 20 years...
Since its opening in January, the office has concentrated on gathering background information and centralizing previously-collected data. The temptation to rush into more specific research projects is great, Bailey says, but "if we rush in, people will be able to criticize the results and therefore ignore the results." She also senses her office may find "there are many relatively small-scale things that could be done to make Harvard a more comfortable environment...