Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From a slightly different cultural background, representatives from Hillel said they will dance two modern Israeli dances, the ma and nisharli, as well as two variations of the hora...
Schmidt attributed his momentary lapse to his background...
...found the experience] shocking, especially because it was from our own cultural background," said Carrie Sim, a student from the University of Toronto...
...million dollars of his own fast cash to buy TV time in New Hampshire, and possibly later in Arizona and the Dakotas, for ads that characterize the flat tax as HIGHER TAXES FOR YOU; MORE MONEY FOR FORBES, with the sound of a cash register ringing in the background. Givens has his principles, but he also bears a grudge. Forbes magazine over the years has regularly denounced Givens' "idiotic promises" and called his tax-cutting tips "perfectly legal but perfectly absurd...
...stump, Forbes has been far more consistent and successful than Dole at keeping his message clear and upbeat and letting the faceless announcers in the TV commercials do the dirty work. On the record, off the record, on deep background, he and his aides recite their lines without wavering one word from the script...