Word: backgrounder
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...Britons' own nanny government undermining their heritage makes a mockery of democracy. Anna Baggallay Johannesburg The New Supersnoop Bush's choice of John Negroponte as the U.S.'s first Director of National Intelligence is loony [Feb. 28]. Negroponte may have a nice résumé and background, but he has no experience in intelligence gathering. Putting someone in charge of intelligence who has no idea what he is doing is like putting up a welcome sign for more terrorist attacks. Long Nghiem Placentia, California, U.S. Why make yet another bureaucratic position within the intelligence hierarchy? The current agencies...
...lance, weeping women and garments being divided by dice-throwers. Bacon's interpretation, Second Version of Triptych 1944: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, ignores all this action - even the cross - and concentrates instead on three anguished black-and-white figures on an orange-red background...
These two releases share in the faults of ‘64-‘95: the music is good, but never great, mostly due to a dearth of true anthems. Lemon Jelly is very good at producing excellent background music, but their albums cause the listener to long for tighter songs underneath...
...thank the directors of the company my freshman year for taking me in and encouraging me by casting me as a dancer and choreographer. Expressions has become my life and I have grown so much as a dancer, choreographer, leader, and person because of it...My dance background is diverse, and the company has allowed me to fuse it all here. I can do what my heart tells me, and I always have a great group...
...process to African-Americans, Latinos and any other so-called “minority” or “desirable” group. It displays a blatant lack of trust that is insulting to Harvard’s applicants. It forces students to provide tangible evidence that their background is what they say it is. This is uncomfortable for many students still struggling with their identities, as well as cumbersome...