Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact gentility seemed to be the watchword ofour four years. We had regular teas to which wewore black dresses, white gloves, and little blackhats. Each one of us was required to pour. Since Icame from a background where tea was dispensedeither from a tea pot or a tea kettle, I was notprepared for the samovar used at formal teas. Whenmy turn came to pour, I was horrified to discoverthat moving the lever right or left failed to stemthe tide of tea. Just as my first poured cup wasabout to rise over the top, a dean rushed over andpushed the lever...
SAMMY DAVIS JR. Sounds on some recordings more Frank [3 1/2] than Frank Possibly his lack of an Italian background handicapped...
...police] are going after a more mature person. They want some professional background, or at least a diverse background," Officer Murphy says. "And I think it helps in how people relate...
There's no time to think, though, because the group is quickly receding into the blurry background of my visual field. So I dart into action, slipping behind the far side of University Hall in hopes of heading them off at the John Harvard statue. And sure enough, by the time I get there they've already joined another smattering of tourist in front of Cambridge's answer to the Mona Lisa...
...present, most daily stories are edited by the night editors who happen to be there. These editors are seen solely as part of the production process and are not there to "provide suggestions or insight about pieces of writing," Klein points out. In some cases, anyone with a minimal background in the subject area could have prevented the errors...