Word: backgrounder
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...related (that’s in my job description) as well as many things design-, layout-, and production-related (not in my job description). Once upon a time last spring, a designer had done a cutout of a person in a photograph—that is, he removed the background of the photo, leaving only the person’s figure. Or at least, he attempted...
...That cutout edge is really unclean,” I said. “I can still see specks of the background...
...hours with a bunch of aliens in an icy canyon. Just as all hope was fading, I seized an alien aircraft and made my escape. I sailed up into the darkening sky with light snow sifting down around me. Moody music, like something from Carmina Burana, swelled in the background. The sounds of battle faded beneath me in the dusk. It was like the end of Platoon, and I was Charlie Sheen. Then the waterworks started...
...marriages of convenience to Canadian citizens. I, for one, have found solace in excessive materialism—gorging on takeout, buying a DVD player, sitting on my bed while I read Fifteen Minutes, munching on a bag of day-old popcorn and listen to Mean Girls blaring in the background. Oh no she didn’t. Anyway, I figured it was healthier than my original plan—refreshing electoral-vote.com over and over again until Ohio turned blue/I passed...
...having the sort of raucous good time one doesn’t often find within the hallowed walls of a Harvard residence. “We are gonna throw this keg against the wall!” Jeff Rossi ’05 announces over the chattering crowd and background rap music, pointing proudly to the set of jagged holes in 610’s concrete wall that served as permanent markers to the fun of past weeks. “Someone call the power plant, ‘cause I’m about to black...