Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...substance, that was simply begging to be told--the American missionary experience in China in the first half of this century. What's more, he's done it in a way which masterfully brings together two awkwardly coexistent branches of the historical novel tradition. Combining the solid factual background of authors like Tuchman or even Michener with the torrid, and sometime, sordid, human details of John Jakes and Harold Robbins. Hersey manages both to inform and to entertain throughout almost 700 pages. And he weaves his complex mosaic around one central, compelling theme--the hidden disaster embedded in the "offer...
...Specialist is really just a hodgepodge of lectures on anti-terrorism, a killer trying to explain himself, and a few interesting questions against a background of some Hollywood-style violence. Intellectual literature this book...
...more interesting than the plot, however, is the background Eberstadt provides for each character, the fleeting situations, and the host of minor characters with their quick and pointed dialogue. She has a flair for constructing detailed, exotic scenarios which somehow manage to seem plausible without losing any of their fantastical quality. Each character is more eccentric than the fast, but instead of seeking like stylized brats seeking to be unconventional, they appear completely natural in their pursuit of oddities. Instead of pretension one finds rich, imaginative episodes, bordering on fantasy...
Most recent debate over South Africa has focused on the question of whether the U S--and Harvard in particular--should divest of its holdings in companies which do business there. Organizers of Saturday's event said they wanted to present a forum that could provide background information for the "average student who has heard of the issue but doesn't know that much about it." SAC Chairman Peter T. Gelfman '85-'86 said...
...souring national mood, and his thoughts were darkening midway through 1965. "I'm not sure that I can lead this country and keep it together with my background." But he had no choice...