Word: backgrounder
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...envelope filled with talc, and she suspects that it could be Marshall—the bombing of Afghanistan, renewed surges of terrorism in Israel, and the invasion of Iraq. Kalfus portrays post-bellum reality as few other 9/11 artistes have, showing how the attacks have faded into the background radiation of our country’s life, occasionally surfacing sharply in phrases like “suicide bomb” and “Orange Alert...
...accordion-driven classic “If I Had A Million Dollars.” The band displayed its humorous bent, improvising a nonsensical song in the middle of discussion with the moderator, Tracy E. Nowski ’07, and playing soothing elevator music in the background as O’Brien rose to offer obligatory thank-yous. Laura M. Togut ’08, who described herself as a “not die-die hard fan,” nevertheless danced in the aisle with a friend during the bluegrass remix of “One Week...
...study accounted for such potential confounding factors as academic achievement, background characteristics, educational attainment, adult drinking habits, and family and job characteristics...
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...Heath Shuler is unlike any candidate that Republican Representative Charles Taylor has faced in the past. Shuler is not only young and dynamic, but he's a local boy who made good playing college and professional football as quarterback. But more than anything else, it's Shuler's rural background that makes him such a formidable challenger. During Taylor's 16 years representing the mountainous 11th congressional district in western North Carolina, he has won reelection by dominating the rural vote against candidates from the larger area cities like Asheville. But Shuler, like Taylor, is conservative on many social issues...