Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ring book started to keep tabs -- haven't the political constituency of a solitary suburban child who falls off a trampoline. Observers who draw near enough to fights and fighters to think that they see something of value, something pure and honest, are sure to mention the desperate background and paradoxical gentleness, which even Tyson has in some supply. "I guess it's pretty cool," he says, to be the natural heir to John L. Sullivan, to hold an office of such immense stature and myth, to be able to drum a knuckle on the countertop and lick...
...Sybil is a great athlete and All-American," Harvard Coach Maura Costin Scalise said. "I'm very pleased with her background in sprinting. Our team has a lot of sprinters and we depend on them for scoring. Her expertise and knowledge will be helpful for our swimmers. I'm really excited about her coming here...
...Logue) spends his reading the paper in his easy chair. Mommy wears a bright pink party dress, the kind that domestic ex-prom queens like June Cleaver and Donna Reed wore on TV sitcoms in the 1950s and early 1960s. In fact, TV-sitcom theme songs play in the background to drive home the point of Mommy and Daddy's TV-perfect lifestyle...
...brief respite from its efforts on behalf of the Bush campaign, the Times accused Rowan, who has written extensively in the past in support of such gun control measures as handgun registration, background checks on all aspiring buyers, and a "cooling-off" period, of being a hypocrite for keeping an unregistered handgun in his possession...
...stars and have had silver spoons in their mouths and many job options -- Shall they run their father's ranch, shall they run his plantation, shall they run the family corporation? . . . maybe Vice President is a step down for them. But do you understand my background? The vice presidency is not quite the top. But it's a long way from where I started...