Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hispanic leaders will also press Law to assign more Hispanic priests to parishes in Spanish-speaking communities. "It's important for congregations to identify with a clergyman from the same background," explains Joseph A. Rodriguez, Hispanic liaison to the mayor's office...
...race last time. Andropov's face was bony and drawn, his nose almost beaklike. His long ordeal seemed reflected on the faces of his wife, his son Igor and his daughter Irina, who sat near the flower-bedecked bier. While an orchestra played Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony in the background, Chernenko went up to Andropov's widow, kissed her and touched her gently on the shoulder. When Ustinov embraced the late Soviet leader's son, Igor broke into sobs. As he covered his face with his hand, other Politburo members reached over to touch his arm. A Westerner who joined...
Kozintsev's version finds a credible and effective medium between the two choices. Against the hellish background of a black and smoldering castle, the camera shows Lear's death and then curiously turns towards the open gateway of the castle, giving a view of the white-capped water over which a few seagulls lazily fly. It is as if the camera were following the heavenly acensions of Lear's and Cordelia's souls, the only characters to whom redemption is finally offered...
Kury's characters become the central focus of the film, while the background tends to reflect the mood or mindset of the principles. When Lena and Madeline spend a day exploring Lyon for a site to start their dress shop, Lyon looks like a muted painting with pastel buildings and pale skies, invoking the almost dreamlike quality of the day. When Lena's child gets left behind during the excursion, the audience is thrust back into the really of material responsibility as Lena and Madeline pace around the seemingly stark interior of Lena's home. Kury never diverts the audience...
Against this background a letter came East last month from Porcupine, South Dakota--from a bitter Lakota Indian. Russell Means. Means is running for president of his tribal council with a slate of candidates representing a program known as TREATY--an acronym for the True Revolution for Elders. Ancestors, Treaties and Youth His platform is utterly revolutionary--complete and immediate severance of relations with the United States...