Word: backgrounders
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...Most of my colleagues at Oxford did law school, or consulting, and here I was in Reno, Nevada, in large part having to hide my Harvard and Oxford background so people wouldn’t think I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth,” she said...
...some ways haunted me ever since,” said Hornig, who grew up outside Kansas City. “It awakened me to a set of issues that, coming from my privileged suburban background, I didn’t even realize, since they are invisible issues. It was a very painful revelation...
...brother Robert is heard in the background, responding, “Damn Army. They can’t even tell if the M.P.’s have left...
...glad I joined the Republican Club because I knew they’d look into my background,” he said. “The Republican Club membership served me well in that regard...
...painter, Lux, 38, brings her images to life with the attention to form, shape and color that she learned at the easel. The artistry begins at the photo shoot, but her signature style--the brushstrokes of her new medium--comes later, at the computer. First she strips out the background and replaces it with a quiet setting--a grassy field, an abandoned building--from her personal stash of paintings and pictures. Then she erases any object that crowds the picture, like a tree or toy, so the child appears to be part of a dream. "I don't care about...