Word: backgrounders
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Blitz acknowledges that the premise of “Rocket Science” was inspired from his own background. Like the main protagonist Hal Hefner, Blitz struggled with stuttering growing up and joined the debate team in high school. However, he says that he drew most from his own memories from the “emotional reality” of stuttering, rather than any specific autobiographical details...
...issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, when an enlisted parent left home, the rates of confirmed child abuse and neglect rose more than 40%, at the hands of the parent who stayed behind. "These findings were consistent regardless of parents' age, rank or ethnic background," says Deborah Gibbs, the study's lead author, "indicating that deployments are difficult for all kinds of families...
Though his plan to improve Turkey’s educational system is focused more on infrastructure—updating buildings and increasing the number of facilities for primary, elementary, and secondary schools—Yuksel said he’s using his own scholastic background as proof of his commitment to higher education...
Odds are, you’ve felt it. That itch in the back of your mind. Or maybe it’s a flutter in the pit of your stomach. It started in the background, and then last week it began to build. By now, it’s an all-out full-body thrill...
...used to be, getting stability or economic help," says the National Marriage Project's Whitehead. "Marriage has become this spiritualized thing, with labels like 'best friend' and 'soul mate'" Some sociologists say these lofty standards make sense at a time when the high divorce rate hisses in the background like Darth Vader. But others suggest the marriage pendulum has swung from the hollowly pragmatic to an unhealthy romantic ideal...