Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extraordinary background both as a politician and as a successful international figure," Nye said...
...Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings, Anna Kournikova, 16, was beaten by Irina Spirlea in the second round of the Open last week, as he watched. Not that the two are admitting they're sweethearts. "She's my good friend, and why not? We came from exactly the same background," says Fedorov. "We are professional athletes. Her career is rising; mine is in the middle. We're doing very well." Too well for some people. "I just want to shut up the mouths to everybody because they just think so much about her," says Spirlea...
...kids barely appear in the film), the story focuses solely on Wallace's political career. Opening with the day he was shot while campaigning in Maryland for his 1972 presidential bid, the movie then hops back to his first gubernatorial campaign, slowing down to fill in some background before taking off with his infamous 1963 inaugural speech: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!" From here the film whirls through key moments in Wallace's career: blocking the door at the University of Alabama to prevent two black students from entering; ordering the use of tear gas and billy clubs...
...Wallace's mentor, Governor "Big Jim" Folsom (Joe Don Baker) warns him: "It's almost like your connection to the folk is all you feel gives you any personal meaning. Like it's all you really feel you are yourself." And, unfortunately, those are just the moments when the background music swells. But Sinise manages to keep the story on track...
...hometown of Greenfield, Iowa, and grew up there. I learned a lot about printing and photography from his father Kenneth. Many an hour I spent with Ken, learning how to develop and print my own film (in his darkroom) and hearing the rumble of that press in the background. JACK FOSTER Prescott, Ariz...