Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minority recruiting program aims to bring in Asian-Americans who are underrepresented at Harvard, in both socioeconomic and ethnic background...
...doubt everyone went through this process of preening your background in high school," says Andrew H. Ahn, a Harvard medical student who is nine years out of college...
...younger brother, spent $2 million more on the campaign than his Democratic opponent while trying to stick the standard "liberal" label on him. But Cleland carefully distanced himself from President Clinton and followed his own counsel to "stay in the sensible center." That broad appeal, coupled with his heroic background, made Cleland unbeatable, even though Southern Democrats hadn't won an open Senate seat since...
Against the background of the violence in Jerusalem this fall, The Dome of the Rock (Rizzoli; $60) offers a bit of blissful repose: a stunning series of photographs of an Islamic holy place that shares a spot equally precious to Christians and Jews. Another great city forms the centerpiece of St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars (Abbeville; $95). Peter the Great founded it in 1703 as Russia's "window to the West"; after the hiatus of Soviet rule, that window is open again and marvelous to see. Back to Mandalay: Burmese Life, Past and Present (Abbeville; $55) captures contemporary people...
Reich's piece does not have the same varnished air of much of this writing. The article is conversational, almost bubbly, with the triumphant tone of the moral high ground piping in the background. Reich knows that he has done the right thing. He's made the choice to spend more time with his family without being forced to by sickness or a depressed labor market...