Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...subjects of photographer Catherine Opie's three portraits in "Face and Figure," on the other hand, wouldn't be caught dead on the side of a note cube. In "Vaginal Davis," "Ron Athey" and "Christopher Lee," Opie presents her subjects before seamless background paper, so they seem to float in space like several of Ritts' portraits, including those of dancer Bill T. Jones. Yet rather than classic black and white, Opie's colorful backgrounds scream in yellow, viridian green, and an ultramarine blue, which matches the color of Vaginal Davis' garish eyeshadow. Except for the tufts of curly green hair...
...said. How did Albright stay in the dark for so long? She says that her parents had always told her only that her relatives had died in the war, and she had not questioned further. Her family had always thought of themselves primarily as Czech, rarely noting their religious background. An unpublished 11-page family narrative written by Albright's mother makes no mention of the Korbel's religious background. Albright says she did not follow up on the letters because many of them were incorrect (writing, for example, that she had been born in Belgrade rather than Prague...
...supposed to have known about potential diplomatic embarrassments and can never utter the words "I was out of the loop." But that is essentially Lake's defense. His team contends that Harold Ickes and Doug Sosnik, who ran the White House political operation, rarely asked the NSC to do background checks on the foreigners coming to the White House for some of the 81 coffees the President had last year with donors and backers. In previous administrations, a rigorous NSC investigation greeted every foreigner who came to the White House. But in the midst of the campaign, Ickes and Sosnik...
Although the syllabus warns that the course is not easy, there are no prerequisites and sections are divided by math and physics background. Requirements include a midterm, final, section presentation and two short papers...
...band's music, it showed how each of their individual talents could blend into a beautiful performance. Once Reel Big Fish hit the first note, there was no stopping the unrelenting in-your-face power of the horns and vocals backed up by a classic ska rhythm and background harmonies...