Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taught Sample "Brain Damage and the Mind," "If all the students were like him, I would love teaching more than anything. He was one of the rare students who would come up afterward and he asked good questions." Pre-meds normally have trouble in psychology courses which require a background in artificial intelligence and computer models of the brain, but Kosslyn said, "You could see him coming up to speed...
With that kind of an emotional commitment to acting it's no surprise that Gasser is willing to put herself on the line. She talks about receding into the background, incredible highs. "Because of those it makes it imperative to try." But she has one worry--unlike many other actors she says she yearns for security...
...Harvard Band prepared "to provide cacaphonic background for the melee," The Crimson reported, and students made appropriate signs to welcome Kelly and show their support for Pogo. The student newspaper promised a fresh supply of "I Go Pogo" buttons. Cambridge Police Chief Patrick J. Ready gave his approval for the political demonstration, but warned that patrolmen would be on hand in case the crowd got out of control...
...police blotter" report from the Soviet Union about the incident. Officials were worried not only about the fate of Rust but also about the impact of his stunt on Soviet-West German relations. One senior Bonn diplomat called the timing of Rust's flight particularly unfortunate "against the background of the present arms discussions and everything else at stake in the world at the moment...
DESCRIPTION: Bar graph, 1980 to 1987. Background photo of Citicorp Building...