Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...duty of a doctor, called upon by a friend to offer a written evaluation of his medical abilities, to mention his colleague's criminal record. But that the hospital administration's duty is to forward such information to prospective employers, and the employers' duty to investigate thoroughly the background of all candidates for positions, is beyond debate. This incident more represents the miserable failure of two institutional systems than the moral failure of four...
Earlier this month, three new counts of rape and assault were filed against Hussain, after investigation of two alleged incidents in 1978. Representatives at the Buffalo hospital said they did not learn of Hussain's background until after the new charges were filed
Washington Correspondent Evan Thomas found that his own background in law was a definite asset when interviewing lawyers and jurors in the capital. Thomas, who got his law degree from the University of Virginia and wrote TIME's Law section from 1978 to 1979, was struck as he observed a local murder trial by "how emotionally racking jury duty can be for those who serve. One woman juror on the case burst into tears when it was all over." Correspondent Jay Branegan, who logged four years as a court reporter in Illinois before joining TIME in June, visited those...
...Government needs to address," such as "national security and economic survival." To drag theological questions into public debate, in Goldwater's view, is dangerously unAmerican. Said he: "One of the great strengths of our political system always has been our tendency to keep religious issues in the background...
Given the area's background of sectarian violence, the possibility that the Copts could be swept under by a tide of Islamic fundamentalism seems less remote than before. But the Copts have shown a gift for survival. As one elderly Copt puts...