Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lover's Return (French). Louis Jouvet, a ballet master, takes vengeance on some incisively sketched provincial burghers. Intelligent trash, nicely done; pleasant ballet background; an eye-filling dancer named Ludmila Tcherina...
...historic is scarcely more than an episode. His life was full of them. Author Antonina Vallentin (Leonardo da Vinci) has written a long, detailed work, half a psychological study, half an account of the Revolution, drawn with rough and scratchy pen strokes, all laid against a dark and ominous background that recalls Goya's grim drawings...
Secret Adviser. Such was the background and preparation of the man who, in a crisis, was called upon to save France. He nearly did it. Author Vallentin makes it very plain that in the last moments before the Terror there was nobody in the Assembly except Mirabeau who had the confidence of the people. He became a secret adviser of the king. It was then too late; Mirabeau's strength was gone, and his advice was not followed, or was accepted only in part. The queen, with "her superficial and malicious intelligence, which excelled in seizing on slight slips...
What qualified Professor Friedrich for the job in the eyes of authorities were his German background, his previous service as special advisor in 1946-47 on problems of American Military Government, and his experience as director of the School for Overseas Administration here during...
Among other tours listed are excursions into Southeast Asia, conducted by the International Student Service, and "Art Appreciation," "Music Appreciation," and "Classical Background" tours managed by the Bureau of University Travel...