Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...interesting process to figure out how we’re going to do things,” Ali said of the nuptials. A second-generation Bangladeshi Muslim, she will be stirring her religious and cultural heritage into a marital melting pot with McNeer’s Massachusetts Protestant background. For example, McNeer’s childhood pastor will be presiding over the wedding, but the day before, there will be a traditional Bengali “gaye holud” ceremony. “I’ll be in bright colors, he’ll be in some crazy...
...weather and the baseball styles of the two regions, Jenkins segued into a more personal testimonial:“It was a huge change for me coming to this school. Coming from the South and coming from a Southern Baptist tradition and coming from just the kind of conservative background that I come from, coming here was definitely an eye-opening experience. I think it was good for me because it did open my eyes and it did make me a little more aware of everything that was out there, other than what I had been told all my life...
...President Drew Faust and Dean Michael Smith, Harvard decided last Dec. to reduce the cost of attendance by a third to a half. It is vital as a matter of public policy that qualified students throughout the nation and the world can aspire to any college, regardless of economic background. Harvard will continue to do everything it can to ensure that current and future generations of students have this precious opportunity...
...brother Robert is heard in the background, responding, “Damn Army. They can’t even tell if the M.P.’s have left...
...glad I joined the Republican Club because I knew they’d look into my background,” he said. “The Republican Club membership served me well in that regard...