Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...especially hurt by the denial of funds. This is a fallacious argument Discrimination implies unfair treatment to those who innately belong to a certain group. No one is innately a non-registrant. No one is born into the group of non-registrants. Rather, each individual, regardless of his background, must consciously decide to join that group. There simply is no issue of discrimination...
Another important concern, says DiCara, is the ability to gain support from a wide range of people, not just voters from the candidate's own neighborhood or ethnic background. There are "people who live in certain sections of the city who don't know the rest of the city exists," he explains...
...year EPA post ten months ago. Ambitious but short on administrative skills, "she came into the agency like a Mack truck," said one former EPA official. "She simply wasn't suited for a position at that level, and many people virtually ignored her." Her background was in the chemical industry, and she quickly developed a reputation among environmentalists and some EPA career employees for being too willing to accommodate companies that wanted to settle disputes quietly in her office and avoid more costly and publicly damaging penalties. Critics charged that she followed Gorsuch's lead in using budget...
...rink." She is onstage, a post-punk dream clad in black satin, electric-pink socks the only splash of color. "Which, in fact, he turned out to be." Her hair is short, spiky, capping a high-cheekboned, all-American visage. An organ chord swells in the background. "And I said, 'Oh boy. Right again. Let x equal x.' " Behind her, a small rock band plays softly. "It's a sky-blue sky," she says. "Satellites are out tonight. Let x equal...
Perhaps for consistency, the cinematography manages to be every bit as heavy-handed as the script. Will's most lofty discussions about protecting Pierce inevitably occur with a hymn-singing cadet choir in the background. Another crucial discussion is framed by the outline of an enormous replica of the Institute's gold class ring. All that's missing are the haloes...