Word: backgrounders
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...were one of the few people without college degrees to be admitted into the Kennedy School of Government. Do you think this is a disadvantage or do you think your background gives you a better perspective...
...genre’s implicit message is that society’s background conditions can never be equal; underserved advantage (and disadvantage) will persist indefinitely. The only solution is taking control of one’s life. The upshot of this outlook is an attachment to earned wealth. Why else should 70 percent of Americans support the abolition of the estate tax (according to The Economist), when barely one in 100 pays...
...Like a rendezvous with old friends, cellist Gavriel Lipkind and pianist Claudia Schellenberger effortlessly connected through the musical phrases of composers who were diverse in background and style. Ultimately, the palpable bond between the two well-known German performers made the concert exceptional...
...Another interesting motif was that of the eponymous umbrella; many of them were suspended from the ceiling in the background of the play, and in one sequence a character donned a rainbow-colored hat shaped like an umbrella. Although its presence was significant, the rich potential of the umbrella as an image was not exploited as fully as that of the eyeball...
...cuts voted to extend them. The apostate who counted the Rev. Jerry Falwell among the "agents of intolerance" seven years ago delivered the commencement speech at Falwell's Liberty University last May. Ask the candidate what his message is this time around, and he tells TIME, "Experience, background, record and vision. Who is best capable to address the challenge of the 21st century, which is the threat of radical Islamic fundamentalism?" But what about reform? These days McCain has to be prompted on that one, which he lumps into "all of those things...