Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...himself having trouble with the question of Soviet and Cuban participation in Central American negotiations. He feels the El Salvador struggle is part of the global problem of Soviet adventurism, and should be treated as such through talks with all parties involved. When he said this at a rambling background briefing, his view of the "global" nature of the problem, attributed to a "senior State Department official," was prominently reported. Asked if he agreed with the unnamed official, President Reagan replied: "I always have trouble about wondering who these senior officials are. I haven't met any of them...
...more difficult. Working at night for secrecy, Thomas investigated Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, 21 miles north of Ampthill Park, where Henry's abandoned Queen died in 1536. The castle, now a girls' school, yielded nothing. Then Thomas took a shrewd tack. He researched Williams' own background for links, figuring rightly that the author would have buried the pendant in a place he knew. Ultimately, however, success was due as much to luck as to deduction. Driving past Ampthill Park one afternoon, near a spot where Williams had once lived, Thomas...
They are shadowy and elusive figures, most of them content to remain in the background while others argue their cause in public. For security reasons, they often do not even use their own names. Despite their current unity, they have resorted to murder to settle factional disputes in the past. The five guerrilla commanders who make up the general command of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.) are the real powers behind the Salvadoran insurgency. If the guerrillas ever took power, these men would control El Salvador. The quintet...
...shop. The unique atmosphere at Cambridge's only high school has emerged after years of confusion and controversy over priorities and programs. Many teachers and administrators describe a new equilibrium that has emerged at CRLS, between a commitment to academic excellence and a loyalty to the multi-racial background of the diverse student body. Yet many now fear that after weathering the tough political battles of the past six years, the economic hardships from round two of proposition 2 1/2 budget cuts will destroy the base they have formed...
...Cradle Will Rock, the first offering, the duplicity lies in the strange shadows the subject matter casts. Written by Marc Blitzstein in the depths of the depression. Cradle paints the struggles of infant unionism through a severe but jazzy stylization. The single piano hammers in the background as the residents of "Steeltown, U.S.A." battle the manipulations of the inexorable, cigar-chomping "Mister Mister" (David Reiffel). Mister Mister owns the factories and the town newspaper and heads the union-busting Liberty Committee, his wife bribes the preacher to fan war hysteria so steel prices will stay high, while his henchman track...