Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Segat points to this background in explaining her support for after-school programs, attributing her academic and personal success to "caring teachers who were willing to stay after school and teach...
...There's the surprise of the election right there," said Down of Decker's total. "She got the Independent vote because of her upbringing and background and the [Cambridge Civic Association] vote because of her work with [state representative Alice K. Wolf...
...this idea seems shocking to you, remember that self-segregation is not always taboo at Harvard. It often seems that minorities room with at least one roommate of the same ethnic background. It mitigates the shock of being thrown into a mostly white environment...
...City Councillor since 1990, and the mayor of Cambridge for four years, Reeves has a background in law. He wants to focus on affordable housing, quality education and sensible, creative zoning changes...
Candidate statement: "The university has been a big plus for me because it supported me for my entire youth years [his father was a custodian at Kirkland House]. Students should vote for me because of great ties to Harvard and a background in government and community affairs...