Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many ways, Arias' background is similar to Kennedy's. The son of one of Costa Rica's wealthiest coffee-trading families. Arias studied in both Europe and America and is known for his strong interest in cultural pursuits and intellectual life...
...order to qualify for the Luce, an applicant must have no background in Asian languages or civilizations. Schoor, who turned down a Fulbright Fellowship to accept the award, says she is looking forward to the opportunity to learn another language and learn about foreign affairs. The Leverett senior plans to spend part of her time working with a female member of the Japanese legislature...
Which Raisa will appear at the summit, the vivacious woman who chats up Western reporters abroad or the more modest one who stays in the background on her husband's tours of Soviet factories and collective farms? At a time when Gorbachev's reform efforts are still facing opposition from hard-liners, obstructionist bureaucrats and skeptical workers, the General Secretary is likely to tread softly. But he has not given up on pushing his wife forward, perhaps to demonstrate in the most personal terms that he is intent on improving the lot of women. Since 1987, for example...
Union doesn't fit snugly into the background and doesn't much sound like the sort of fleet pop that coasts effortlessly onto the charts. The record, superbly crafted, turns each of its nine rock songs into a face-off with emotional overload. Whenever the lyrics threaten to come on too strong, the urgency of the beat, the fluency of the synthesizer layering give them perspective. The music is deft, but the feeling stays...
Amid shrieks and thumps, as the intruders handcuffed themselves to cameras and scenery, Lawley plowed ahead undeterred. "I am afraid that we have been rather invaded," she announced calmly. "In the meantime, if you can avoid the background noise, we will bring you the news if we can." Witchell, seeing a demonstrator handcuff herself to Lawley's desk, took intrepid -- although sadly unvideotaped -- action: "I sat on her and put my hand over her mouth." Police eventually removed the unwelcome guests, who were released later without being charged...