Word: backgrounders
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...Rawda, where the men start puffing flavored smoke from their nargilehs soon after the sun rises, Wehbe's unlikely presence is only one of the things that are out of the ordinary. Usually, the only background noise at the coffee house is a low murmur of conversation, and the click of marble pieces on a hundred game boards as men puff on their houkas, finger wooden worry beads and play hours-long backgammon marathons. Now, there's a new addition to that symphony: half a dozen TV monitors tuned to al-Jazeera's coverage of the mayhem in Lebanon...
...shadows for such a measure. One sticking point between the House and Senate has been whether a guest worker program should provide a path to citizenship. The Hutchison-Pence plan would allow someone to remain permanently and legally after 17 years of steady employment and regular background checks...
Whether lurking in the background or delivering a careful monologue, Solange (Jennifer H. Rugani ’07) was powerfully expressive. The sisters’ interactions makes it impossible to judge which character is in the right; it’s a moral draw that only enhances the unsettling drama. She and Claire only became ancillary during Madame’s short but powerful appearance on stage...
...watch the background porn in Bateman’s apartment more than Bateman himself. You have a problem...
...town of my childhood. The sound of ice cubes slipping around a low-ball glass half-full of whiskey was in the background whenever I called my friends' parents. It sounded glamorous and slightly sinful to my 10-year-old ears. When I walked over to my friends' houses in the evenings, they all had the same smell. It wasn't until college - no joke - that I figured out it was the smell of distant Scotch. Back then I thought it was some kind of cleaning agent that professional house-cleaners must use because we didn't have a maid...