Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...background sound, Nielson read the script and Rosen chose some stock tracks of flourishing trumpets...
Thank-you notes: Always send one if an employer has taken time to see you at his workplace. Besides thanking him for the interview, reemphasize any point you feel may have been especially important. Also, if the employer showed any doubts about one aspect of your background, follow up with points that would help dispell any doubts...
...Danielson: "It's probably the tip of the iceberg, and it's hard to deal with icebergs when you can hardly see the tip."CrimsonIan M. RoseDuring the first week of classes, government graduate student Elaine Swift distributed handouts in front of Professor Jorge Dominguez's class describing the background on the Dominguez harassment case...
Against the background of confusion and protest over the controversial Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR), the Law School Ad Board's expedient procedures appeared not only effective, but an appropriate way of avoiding needless controversy...
...most of the past twelve months, riots, mass arrests and other agonies of domestic unrest have pushed South Africa's frequently uneasy relationship with nearby African states into the background. Last week, however, those tensions resurfaced as 500 South African troops crossed into Angola, purportedly in pursuit of guerrillas fighting for the independence of South-West Africa, or Namibia, a territory controlled by South Africa under a long-expired League of Nations mandate...