Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been trying to extract himself from a misleading statement he had made over the weekend based on information provided to him by the White House counsel's office. Specifically, McCurry had flatly denied that anyone connected with the White House had hired or authorized private investigators to probe the background of prosecutors in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. A day later, on Monday, longtime Democratic operative Terry Lenzner acknowledged that his detective agency was indeed working for Clinton's lawyers and told the Washington Post that he found "nothing inappropriate" about investigating the prosecutors. So McCurry was left to reconcile...
Clark's provides the prefect background for a pleasant night--or even for an unpleasant one. this is due to the atmosphere of calm indifference, where even an altercation will garner little attention, except perhaps from the very attentive waitstaff. The clientele here seems to understand the positive relationship between drinking and waiting for trains. Patrons are not interested in forming life-long acquaintances--or even a one-night acquaintance...
...addition, most members of the WHRB sports team have some background in or knowledge of athletics, whether they currently play a sport or just grew up watching the games. Garoon says much of his passion for sports is derived from his father's enthusiasm. "Now that I'm sportscasting, I think my father lives vicariously through me," Garoon says...
...TheHustler," with vaguely recognizable likenesses ofJackie Gleason's Minnesota Fats and Paul Newman'sEddie Felsin. At the middle table in the painting,three ruddy-faced Irish fellows contemplatesinking the eight-ball in the corner pocket. Themural distinguishes the setting as undeniablySully':, jammed with more spectators than players,in the background, about 30 onlookers take in theaction, a sort of potpourri of capablestick-handlers and nuclear families. On the rightside of the mural, at a lone table far away fromthe main event, two black men shoot a game. In themidst of jolly family fun and Hollywoodexcitement, one of the black players...
...14th of Ramadan Cafe alongside the square, young men in frayed suits and old men in shabby jellabas sip tea or puff on water pipes, while backgammon counters slap, slap in the background. An old mural shows a young Saddam smiling; next to it a photo mural depicts an older, grimmer leader. There is nothing to eat here at the cafe except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight. Holes near the roof line are filled in with little cardboard squares. The windows are half covered in tattered plastic. The men say they are resigned to more bombs...