Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boomerang! Dana Andrews and a good cast act out a real-life murder story against the real background of a real town (TIME, March...
Boomerang! Dana Andrews and a good cast act out a real-life murder story against a real background (TIME, March...
...chilly Soldiers Field was the first time the entire team performed anywhere except in the Stygian gloom of Briggs Cage. Some weeks ago, the coach allowed his outfield to get some pasturage, but yesterday's session was the first opportunity Varsity players have had to bat against a normal background, and to study the intricate gyrations a baseball can perform on natural turf...
...Background information on what took place at the initial conference of the NSO were supplied by Betty Fitzgerald, Radcliffe '48, co-chairman of the forum. Alice Gilbert, Radcliffe '49, the other co-chairman, acted as moderator of the forum...
Though not subject to the long-term sequence required of the concentrator, the department dabbler is little better off. Lacking the manpower requisite for duplicate elementary courses, the department can differentiate its beginning students only on the basis of their high school preparation. But a similarity of background will not make up for pronounced differences in ability and the liberal arts man, strayed from his home department, often finds the division arbitrary and the subject-matter over-whelming. The emphasis on memory work in the elementary stage is another irritant for the non-concentrator who would like a survey...