Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this year, retailers who sell Megee products began hailing “Johnson” as the president of Harvard University. The logo carries the University’s name in both English and Chinese. The “v” in Harvard is set against a triangular background reminiscent of the American flag. Here in Cambridge, Harvard administrators have taken notice. Director of Harvard Trademark Program Rick Calixto said that an individual living in China brought the flyer to the University’s attention three or four weeks ago. “We routinely get these sorts...
...fantastic Harvard students who are put off by the concentration because they don’t have a background in Latin or Greek,” said Emma Dench, a professor of classics and history. “That broke my heart...
...While the question of whether the Soviets were ready to start an invasion is still debated by historians, Jaruzelski's background may have made him more prone to fear that Moscow would intervene. As a 17-year-old during World War II, he had been deported with his parents to Siberia after Soviet forces entered Poland. His father was imprisoned, and young Jaruzelski logged trees. "He had no illusions about Russia," says Stefan Chwin, a Polish writer. Even Lech Walesa, the legendary Solidarity leader interned for almost a year during the clampdown, feels empathy for Jaruzelski. "He belongs...
...Sleep” is concerned with recounting the author’s more memorable experiences. Everett, who has spent much of the past 30 years living among and studying the Pirahã, relates a number of vignettes about his time with the people. He gives some colorful background about how he started this work—he began as a missionary, trying to translate the Bible for the Pirahã. He tells us with off-putting honesty about his family’s near-fatal brush with malaria, and how his own ignorance almost killed them. He divulges touching...
Palin, Sarah •Huckabee's envy of • turkeys are slaughtered in background as TV interview is merrily given...