Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...invited to the luncheon for Bishop Tutu, the NAACP dinner and a recent dinner for the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya. We humbly apologize to those students who were not invited but were interested in attending these events. We would like to assure them that no student of any background was deliberately excluded from these activities...
...students who have demonstrated their commitment to improved race relations. Thirdly, leaders of most of the major students organizations (both minority and majority) are asked to recommend students and faculty for the Foundation's event. If a student or faculty member's interests are particularly relevant to the background and work of our guest, or if our guest recommends members of the Harvard community, those individuals are also invited if space and time permit. In this way, we receive input and participation from a large cross-section of the University community for each event...
...much as they are shot through with oldtime ornery independence, misfits with a thing against clocks. To understand what drew them here, one need only remember those maps where population density is shown by clusters of black dots--each dot representing 100,000 people, say--on a white background...
...other respects also, the U.S. position appeared so hard-line as to raise considerable doubt that new arms-control talks could make much progress, even if Shultz and Gromyko fulfilled the stated purpose of their talks and agreed on procedures for resuming substantive negotiations. As outlined last week in "background" briefings by "senior Administration officials" whose identity was hardly a secret--National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane put part of one briefing on the record--Shultz's instructions were to make three presentations...
University officials claim that it is not practical to investigate potential donors in most cases, and there are no clear principles regarding conditions or criteria for checking up on a donor. The University typically does not pay attention to the background of a donor unless some information comes in the attention of the administration suggesting that the donor is not someone with whom the University would want to be associated, Reardon said...