Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Russell and Reeves differ in gender, race, sexual orientation, background, style of dress, political philosophy and their approach to running this diverse city of 100,000 residents...
Born in Washington, D.C., Kedlaya now resides in Silver Spring, Maryland. His family does not have the technical background one might expect: His father is a photographer, his mother a homemaker. Kedlaya has one sister, Kishori, a first-year at Harvard who will probably concentrate in physics and philosophy...
Clete D. Johnson '96 delivered the Harvard oration and said that his experience at the College had taught him to be proud rather than ashamed of his background and accent from Royston...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, a co-author of the report who became dean last fall, chose Judith H. Kidd, a candidate whose main background was in banking, from a list of four finalists provided by a search committee...
...Professor Skjaervo tightened things up a lot, and Professor Witzel receded into the background," said another...