Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There is an enormous difference between dividing people by their achievements and dividing people by their race, ethnicity, and economic background," Walzer added...
Kanfer, Senior Writer R.Z. Sheppard and Associate Editor Paul Gray write most of TIME'S reviews. "To find a good book to review and to get background, we each read up to six books a week," says Gray, who once taught English at Princeton. Says Sheppard, who was editor of the book supplement of the now defunct New York Herald Tribune: "The question people always ask is, 'Do you speed-read?' No, I don't. Reading is a pleasure; like eating or loving, it should not be rushed...
...album beyond "Silk Degrees," but never let it be said that Scaggs is one to forget from whence he came. The very first cut on the record, "Still Falling For You," is almost a note-for-note copy of "Lowdown," from the beat to the flute background to the rimshot percussion accent. Still, it is a better song than "Lowdown"--mellower, although the brass charts are pleasantly aggressive, and more lyrical overall. The chorus is a nice surprise, employing an unexpected chord progression that grows maddeningly on the listener despite the fact that it's virtually impossible to whistle, sing...
...tennis pro and the other races motorcycles. Then, all of a sudden, Joslin's lover appears on the screen, describing how a friend who later jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge married him and Tom. Who would have guessed that a homosexual could have such an ordinary family background...
Horner said yesterday that Bailey "brings a wealth of skill and background in order to address the kinds of questions both in research terms and experiential terms...