Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...courses in the field are generally stiff and thorough. Men with a sizeable background in chemistry usually breeze through their first courses, but the pace gets progressively faster and the competition, notoriously grade-hungry, is enough to keep even a Conant on his toes...
...House of Mist and Señorita Bombal have a common background in the lake region of southern Chile, where it rains so hard (104 inches a year) that mist is almost a sign of fine weather. There María-Luísa's heroine, Helga, a love child, falls in love with Daniel, the boy next door. But Daniel marries Helga's cousin Teresa, who commits suicide. Helga becomes his second wife. Because she knows that Daniel still loves Teresa, she spends a night with a handsome interloper. Later, Daniel falls in love with Helga...
With Cathleen O'Conner, John Mannick '49, and Anna Prince, Radcliffe '48, among those feateured in the production, Idler's second presentation of the year is "the best" of Robinson's comedies, according to John V. Kelleher, assistant professor of Modern Irish Literature and History, whom Idler consulted for background material...
...Cage and Stadium environs, he added a sort of "most unforgettable character" dignity to the unromantic job of groundskeeper. Clad in blue dungarees with long blue sleeves sticking out, rubbers over his shoes and an old golfing cap perched on a white thatch, he moved around mostly in the background...
Full particulars on educational and professional background must accompany every application. They should be sent to the Executive Committee at Phillips Brooks House before the April 16 deadline, Campbell stated...