Word: backgrounds
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...didn’t start writing for real until I was in my mid to late twenties, but I’d always worked with animals and veterinarians. I’d been a surgical assistant for one. Oh, wait, do you hear that? Snoring dog in the background...
...week—to patterns. There’s a guy with a blue bicycle who has crashed on the same spot three times this year, an old lady who crosses Brattle Street at needlessly perfect right angles, and tour groups with matching beverages. All this against the eternal background flow of customers into their footwear-appropriate shops (Nike SB Dunks to American Apparel, loafers to Burdick...
...flute and bells playing in the background are the only thing that makes the moment seem even slightly romantic...
They also researched Meyer’s background. Although unable to speak to Meyer herself, the Lampoon contacted some of her professors from her time at Brigham Young University. According to Owen, they learned that Meyer likes comedy and took some comedy classes—classes that will hopefully help her appreciate the Lampoon’s parody of her work...
...therefore be protected by a 1982 Illinois shield law that protects reporters from having to divulge information to officials, absent a compelling public interest. He says the school will vehemently contest the prosecutor's request in court and will only turn over on-the-record documents and statements - not background information or any private grades or grading criteria. "It's simply beyond belief that [prosecutors] who are committed to courts being open and understood by the public would want to stop anyone from covering them," Lavine tells TIME. (Read about Texas, the kinder, gentler hang-'em-high state...