Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were misled by not knowing the background of a private and personal letter to my wife written by me in 1949. This was "leaked" to the press on April 14 by what news services called a "reliable source." America's strength at home and prestige abroad is being damaged by dishonest political attacks on our scientists. I have worked hard to minimize this damage to national security. Under stress of difficult conditions, I was led privately to consider doubts about Oppenheimer which I never stated publicly, which I soon learned were wholly unjustified, and which I now publicly repudiate...
...hour day, holding conferences, interviewing witnesses, and studying the case after the public sessions ended. At first there was more homework than he was able to do. He had arrived in Washington with astonishingly little knowledge of the issues, procedures and pitfalls. One example of his lack of background : he did not realize that there was serious dispute about the merit of whether Joe McCarthy's headline-grabbing hearings at Fort Monmouth had been harmful. At first, Jenkins' questioning was based on the assumption that McCarthy's Fort Monmouth foray was a great service...
...reinforcement of certain basic skills in mathematics and languages and to round out the student's general education by providing a body of common knowledge that will serve as a basis for later specialization in any particular field. A certain amount of lectures are still given to provide background material: Professor George Taylor who heads the new sophomore American Studies course calls them "a bout with traditionalism." At the heart of the curriculum are seminar sections based on the principle of "learning through doing...
...Harvard, emphasizes theories, history, and factual material. For instance, in a Fine Arts course here, a student learns the history, style, and development of past masters, along with the trends in modern art. At Bard he will learn to sculpt, paint, and model, with only incidental treatment of the background of the subject...
...Most startling is the off-center placement of the camera. Often, in his most powerful shots, including close ups, the principals are quite to one side of the center of the screen. This technique gives both feeling of informality to scenes that should not consciously seem posed, and allows background to set-off the striking composition. Most famous of the Eisenstein shots are the long distance views of hordes moving across broad plains. Keeping the camera low, the director includes in these views much sky and a feeling of rolling power and depth. Eisenstein is Motion Picture Arts answer...