Word: backgrounder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Having many people with different background experiences cover the same event may help to prevent distortion of events,” he said...
...They had people in the background running around with rebel flags tied around their necks like they were Superman,” Vincent says...
Still, that didn’t prevent people from trying to categorize me. More at Harvard than anywhere else, people would explicitly ask me about my racial background. I would say that I was from Guatemala, and the person would tag me as Hispanic, even going so far to imagine a fictitious accent I don’t have. I took it as a compliment—better than being called a “gringo,” as I am in Guatemala...
...only person with a financial background in the core corporate lineup is the one without the family name. Cristiana Ruella rarely invites media scrutiny, even though she looks like an Italian Demi Moore. An economist by training, she was working as a commerciale (an accountant-lawyer) when she met the pair she still calls ?Mr. Dolce and Mr. Gabbana? to discuss their finances...
...Harvard senior filed a report with the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) last week that said she was the victim of a racially motivated verbal attack. The report said the attack was directed at her because of her Muslim background, and the incident has sparked concern among Muslim students and other student organizations on campus. Huma Farid ’06 said that as she was walking on Quincy Street past Lamont Library at around 6 p.m. last Monday, she was speaking with her father on her cell phone when she heard screaming from a group of women across the street...