Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freer; a student can choose between several courses within an area--economic regulation or law, for example. By the time third year rolls around, except for the requirement of an extensive paper, he is entirely free to choose electives. Then, a student can either specialize or assemble a background of "bread-and-butter" courses, like Estate Planning...
...Like a Governess." Frank Morrissey got there by taking what in Boston was the surest route to the top of his chosen career. He made himself endlessly useful to the Kennedy clan. If he lacked the depth or background for knighthood in the Irish Mafia, Teetotaler Morrissey had the unquestioning loyalty, energy and discretion to become a prized sergeant at arms...
...like Castro, everybody else in Cuba is getting dull. Younger Brother Raul, Cuba's armed forces chief, who used to give a pretty noisy speech, now works in the background as quietly as any Russian general. President Osvaldo Dorticos sometimes does not even bother to accept the credentials of new ambassadors, shunting the chore instead to an assistant. As Russification grows, Cuba's bureaucracy is now overlaid by yet another bureaucracy. Two years ago, the P.U.R.S., Cuba's Communist Party, organized a special branch to provide political commissars in the military, factories and national education system...
...birthplace of classical Western sculpture. What would be more natural thought Tony Spiteris, 55, Greek president of the International Association of Art Critics, than for Athens to have an international sculpture show? The pine-studded Hill of Muses provided a magnificent outdoor setting and the Acropolis a challenging background. With the backing of the National Tourist Organization of Greece, Critic Spiteris rounded up works by 66 of the world's leading sculptors...
...result has proved a tremendous success. The brilliant sunlight of Attica and classical background give such modern works as Matisse's Head of Jeannette an air of repose and permanence. Andre Derain's Girl with Long Hair has gained a depth of dimension it never had in France's Chardin Gallery, and the razor-sharp shadows endow Henry Moore's prowlike Standing Figure with a new monumentality. As for Renoir's Venus Triumphant, with her well-rounded grace she looked ready for installation above it all in the Parthenon itself...