Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While students sometimes include information the deans don't know what to do with--like their favorite muppet--students aren't asked about potentially important factors like ethnic or religious background, Sparagana says...
Many of Harshbarger's friends said his upbringing has given him a strong moral background...
Many of Harshbarger's friends said his upbringing has given him a strong moral background...
Here Florence's story takes center stage as she wrestles with her past while, in the background, Freddie's and Anatoly's agents plot, spy and conspire continuously against each other. In the end, Anatoly consents to return to Russia after hearing of his family's ostracization there and realizing that Florence might be able to find her father if he leaves. Only after Anatoly boards the plane does Florence discover that the man she thought was her father is a phony and that she has lost the man she loves...
...current Core's classes are designed to meet the needs of non-concentrators with no background and thus do not meet the needs of students with greater commitment or prior experience in areas outside their concentration. A Biology concentrator with a strong history background, for example, should not be channeled into a course pitched at those without such background. This is simply not a good use of such a student's time...