Word: backgrounders
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...BachSoc is comprised of new, albeit talented, freshmen. It was nearly impossible to follow an act as thunder-stealing as Goto’s, but the orchestra’s overall performance was fantastic. The strings and woodwinds complemented each other perfectly as the timpani pounded in the background, building suspense.As music director of BachSoc for the second year in a row, a rare feat, Demirjian showcased his conducting talents masterfully. His presence on the platform was awe-inspiring. As his arms rose and fell in sweeping, majestic motions, it was as if the symphony itself was inside him, bursting...
...Robertson ran for the Republican nomination in 1988, he went out of his way to downplay his identity as a religious leader, emphasizing instead his television network and other business ventures. Nearly 20 years later, it is impossible to listen to Mike Huckabee without picking up on his background of 15 years as a pastor. Huckabee is fond of saying that he's a "conservative - I'm just not angry about it." His mood is usually that of a perpetually cheery youth pastor who just might grab a guitar and rock out with the praise band if the spirit hits...
...task.“It’s an incredibly strong program,” Stevens says. “I’m very pleased that she has the confidence in me to lead the program until June.”Stevens comes from an equally impressive rowing background. Stevens rowed at Yale from 1987 to 1991, where he received the August L. Bladgen Award “for representing and enhancing the tradition of rowing at Yale.” For five years, Stevens served as the girls’ varsity coach and program director of Wayland Weston...
...said. “Everybody makes movies in a different way, and I’d rather have it be as dense as it could be.”COLLECTIVE CINEMAThe director moves in a pack. Both Coppola and Schwartzman traveled with him across India to do background work for “Darjeeling.” And if Anderson can’t always make his films in a group, then he at least makes them with a group.Bill Murray has appeared in four out of five of Anderson’s major releases...
...immigrants). Expect that diversity to grow: As television helps fuel rugby's popularity from the ground up, a rising number of the nation's best players will emerge from more modest milieus than Eton, Harrow and the school that gave the game its name, as kids from all social background embrace a game that "looks like...