Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real world, Mission Control often remains in the background while the astronauts are in the spotlight. But in "Apollo 13," viewers get an inside look at a time when the engineers ruled in Houston, when life-or-death decisions were instantly made, unfettered by budgetary constraints and bureaucratic restrictions...
While Foster would go down to defeat in the final vote last Thursday, Smith's presentation will not be the last such display in Congress over the next few months. Abortion, an issue that simmered in the background during the Republicans' first months in power, is about to become the focal point of at least a dozen pieces of legislation, carefully drafted by abortion foes. Their strategy, at least for now, is not to make an all-out assault on the basic abortion right but rather to redirect the debate and whittle away at the gains the other side...
...Harvard can provide a unique entry intoartistic fields of work and study," wrote Henson,who was the leading vote-getter in the election."With a background in entertainment, I wouldstrive to encourage the arts at Harvard...
Some recent journalism has suggested that many members of the much broader Patriot movement trace their involvement to a key negative experience with the Federal Government. A close look at Koernke's background, however, suggests not a sharp turn but a straight line. From his teens, Koernke (who declined to be interviewed for this story) has exhibited a fascination with guns and guerrilla warfare, an intense dislike of authority, a grandiose vision of himself with an attraction to the idea of martyrdom, and, as one ally puts it, the ability to "talk until most people have turned to sand...
...obsession ever since the President decided to offer his own balanced-budget plan. Until last week Morris had faced resistance from almost every member of the President's senior staff. Though Morris has been turning up more often in the West Wing, he still remains a figure in the background. Most of his dealings with the President take place in meetings in the private residential area of the White House or by phone from Morris' home in Connecticut. He registers under an alias at the Ritz-Carlton when he visits Washington and is usually reachable only by pager. But Morris...