Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This leaves us with Gary Hart, who deserves to be taken seriously in any informed speculation about 1980. For those who are unfamiliar with the background of the 40-year-old man from Colorado, Hart was a regional coordinator for Robert Kennedy '48 in 1968 and in 1972 managed the successful bid of Sen George McGovern (D-S.D.) for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1974 Hart upset incumbent conservative Sen. Peter Dominick (R-Colo.) to become a United States Senator. Since coming to the Senate, Hart has demonstrated both his liberalism and his belief that being a U.S. Senator...
...Court and Spark) but there is a constant tension beneath the surface, a dissonance that colors the music as the ugly drug haze shades her reverie. The instrumental has a definite form, with recurring themes and a refrain, but it is not rigidly structured. This passage makes for poor background music. As a tone poem, however, it powerfully strikes the listener...
...seven finalists, chosen from approximately 350 applicants, are "quite varied in background and experience," Wyatt said. Because all the candidates are senior professionals with current job obligations it may be some time before a new police chief is appointed even if the committee comes to a decision soon, he added...
Among their responsibilities, the CIA and the other U.S. intelligence agencies have provided psychological profiles of such key leaders as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. Intelligence has supplied background information to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on every step of his diplomacy in the Middle East. The CIA is probing the likely consequences of the French and West German elections later this year, the course of Sino-Soviet relations, the ethnic conflicts that could rend Yugoslavia after Tito dies, and the possibility of intervention there. Attempts by the U.S. to prepare for world political developments would...
...complete appreciation and confidence in Admiral Stan Turner." Carter sees Turner more often than previous Presidents saw their CIA chiefs. The admiral has briefed the President once or twice a week in hour-long sessions, usually alone. Turner prepares the agenda and spends ten to twelve hours reading background material for each session. According to a presidential aide: "Carter likes Turner's crispness, his grasp, his 'yes sir, no sir,' no-nonsense naval officer's style...