Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whether the protesters would remain within the bounds of the Resolution, the spring's demonstrations at Harvard had generally expressed legitimate dissent on an important issue in a civil fashion. The free exercise of these rights of political protest and debate is expressly protected by the Resolution. Against this background, the Lowell House incident was shocking and disgraceful. Fundamental civil liberties were violated in a most shameful fashion. To be sure, much of the misconduct during this incident may not have been premeditated; many of those who behaved wrongly were improvising in the face of unanticipated developments...
Department members say they are not looking to fill a gap in a particular field, as is generally the case when departments have tenured posts to fill. Instead, Grabar says, the department has decided to search out a specialist with a background in many different fields--perhaps Chinese painting and early renaissance art, for example...
Those rapid-fire developments were part of the background for this week's joint annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the South Korean capital of Seoul. The Reagan Administration's take-charge efforts are certain to dominate the four-day-long gathering of the two global financial institutions. Delegates from 149 countries will give the U.S. an early reading on how successful its strategies...
...posting was canceled, and he was fired by the agency. Howard returned to his native New Mexico and became a bona fide economic analyst for the state legislative finance committee. After Yurchenko began identifying KGB "assets" in the U.S. during a lengthy debriefing, the FBI started a thorough background check on Howard, including interviews with co-workers and neighbors. Howard was last seen at his office on Sept. 21, a Saturday. The next day his supervisor found a letter announcing his resignation for "personal reasons." It is assumed that Howard fled to Mexico, perhaps through Dallas...
...folks, the best thing about The Cube is the company Dolby keeps, not his natty nuttiness. The funk on this song is slow and smooth, like honey over gravel, eased by Clinton sidemen Dennis Chambers and Rodney Curtis, spiced by the Brecker Brothers' smart horn playing, and sassy, improvised background vocals by Lene Lovitch and George Clinton...