Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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None of the three methods of instruction makes allowance for individual differences in talent or background. Everybody does the same minimum of work, regardless of the fact that certain students may be well versed in some phases of the course and abysmally uninformed about others...
...their full usefulness, the emphasis must be shifted from technical skills to a broader base which includes cultural history, conversation, and writing, as well as reading. Since the majority of students never go beyond the first or second year in language studies, primary courses alone can supply a broad background that will give meaning to the process of learning details...
Prio's political background is in the Cuban tradition. An old anti-Machado, anti-Batista fighter, he was jailed twice for revolutionary activities, was once exiled to Miami. In October 1945, Grau made him Prime Minister, a post which he held until last April, when the cabinet, faced with a no-confidence vote in Congress, resigned. Grau promptly made Prio the new Labor Minister. In July he fought a saber duel with Senator Eduardo Chibás, opposition leader. He nicked Chibás a bit, came through himself with only bruises...
...reversing the negative electronically the picture appears as a positive print, and can be televised almost as soon as it arrive-in a studio. With a single print, a television network can reach its full audience; the competitor newsreel company must make prints for each of its subscribing theaters. Background music and sound-track commentary consume time and money in newsreel production; with television, a glib announcer and a handful of records can go directly...
Robert Benchley '12 was proud of his Harvard background where after four years of intensive study he discovered why one should never draw to an inside straight even in a friendly game. In those ancient days poker was an easy game to master before the invention of the forward pass and the ruffle-shuffle...