Word: backgrounder
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...buffoon.” Others photographs brought more positive associations, like “charming” and “built.” When discussing a publicity shot from the television series Prison Break, Lee noted that the Asian character was pushed into the background, and in fact, “invisible.” During the workshop, participants suggested reasons for and exceptions to stereotypes about Asian male sexuality. One participant said there was a lack of attractive Asian men in the media, while another mentioned a friend who didn’t understand the effeminate Asian...
...tournament director, who compared the round to Jeopardy. “The room becomes unbelievably hectic.” According to Sun, the problems were easier and covered simpler topics than the problems at the main tournament because participants were not expected to have an extensive background in math competitions. John S. Trabucco, a 10th grade student from Roxbury Latin High School in West Roxbury who finished first place individually, described the problems as “reasonably manageable.” Jae Eui Shin from Phillips Academy, Andover placed second, and Yidan Li of Phillips Exeter Academy placed third...
...club beats and improvised piano segments that sit harmoniously with the jerky twangs of an electronic guitar. The rapping itself isn’t as impressive as the new overall flavor of hip-hop, and sometimes the unnecessary crudeness of the lyrics actually detracts from the freshness of the background sounds. In other songs, the lyrics are simply nothing special: for example, “Cappuccino” begins with a chord that sounds like it’s from an 8-bit video game, something one would almost never expect from a hip-hop compilation, but the fact that...
...Your children are not your children / they come through you but not from you / and though they are with you yet they belong not to you / you are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”Although his Arabic background is highly emphasized by his followers, to the point of hushing up his Western upbringing—on the back of my copy, George Russel writes, “I do not think the East has spoken with so a beautiful a voice since the Gitanjali”—Gibran does...
...aides keep giving two minute warnings of his approach, slid into the formal role as easily as sliding back into a suit after working out at the gym. The president-elect delivered his first press conference with verve, as clear and articulate as ever, standing before a plain blue background and a row of U.S. flags that evoked the White House and the backdrop for his victory speech Tuesday night. His economic advisers and new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel flanked him (he had just come from meeting with them), many smiling and nodding encouragingly, not unlike parents proudly watching...