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Word: backgrounder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Angels because it would be such a bummer for director Erick Zonca, a really nice, hardworking guy, if they didn't. The eminently decent Zonca has said that he'd wanted to make a big-screen feature since age 14, but he never felt he had the "cultural background" or the know-how. Cultural background?? How could anyone pan this guy? If only more directors had such tender misgivings...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wings of Desire: Zonca Is A Good Guy | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...After the usual background questions, I hit the first substantive query: "Why do you want to be an MTV VJ?" Pretty standard. I should have seen it coming. I have no idea what to write. I skip to the next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...item about several presidents' announcements of military actions [NOTEBOOK, April 5], we mistakenly described some of the background accessories in Clinton's Oval Office as "campaign buttons." The array of small disks visible behind Clinton are not campaign buttons but special coins with the emblems and mottoes of various U.S. military units...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

NATURAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS What is the life of a spotted owl worth? Maybe it's a matter of your personal values. Click on the Environmental Ethics website at www.cep.unt.edu for background on this wonky field and information about related books, journals and academic programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLICK HERE: The Web's Wild World | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Born in 1994 from the remains of The Latin Kings, once New York's largest street gang, the movement has denounced its criminal background to become a political movement working toward the betterment of New York's Latino community, according to the film...

Author: By Brady R. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Film Screening, Talk Feature Ex-Gang Members | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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