Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While I like to think that my background helps me to bring a new, valuable and different perspective to campus dialogue, I don't like to feel as if I am being forced...
...material--a businessman, a philanthropist, a former law school dean and, of course, a big-money donor to the Democratic Party. Under ordinary circumstances, Hormel's nomination would have sailed through the Senate with little notice. But Hormel, 65, is gay and a prominent advocate of gay rights, a background that drew the scrutiny and disapproval of groups like the Traditional Values Coalition and the Family Research Council, an offshoot of Dobson's Focus on the Family. After clearing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last fall, Hormel's nomination has been on hold. It will stay there, majority leader Trent...
...hidden upgrades under the hood. Win 98 learns which files you use most often and sorts your hard drive to open them more quickly. Another trick cuts down wasted memory, speeding programs you're working with and freeing space for those running in the background...
...would think that working at Microsoft would require some background in computer science. One would probably be right, but that didn't stop me from sending out a resume Miraculously, I was asked to interview over the phone for a marketing internship. One would think that a marketing internship would require some background in business. One would definitely be right, but this didn't stop me from fighting my way far into the recruiting process...
...found them both to be head and shouldersabove, the best qualified....He brings a much moreconventional academic background...but has done atremendous amount of committee work,"she said...