Word: backdrop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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COVER: Against a backdrop of tempestuous change, Bush and Gorbachev hold a "productive" first summit...
Gorbachev arranged an evening arrival for the summit, taking place against a backdrop of stunning change in Eastern Europe that has swept hard-line regimes from power. The two men are also expected to discuss arms control, trade relations and conflicts such as Afghanistan and Nicaragua as well...
...outline this story is pure Malamud. It sets a sympathetic vision of the underdogs and downtrodden against a backdrop of myth and spacious possibilities. When the narrative breaks off, the good guys are losing, a situation that is also typical of its author. But in the notes he left for the remaining four chapters, Malamud outlined a way for Yozip to be of further, and possibly victorious, service to those who had adopted...
Timing is key in Act II. The setting is backstage during a performance, and while all the actors are running around backstage (the set from Act I having been turned around), the audience hears and glimpses the actors on the other side of the backdrop performing Nothing On. Director Claflin deserves praise for his masterly staging and for the fact that the actors are able to execute his plan perfectly. Much of this act is funny because characters enter at inopportune moments and misinterpret the action they see; without exactly timed entrances and exits, this act would not work. Despite...
...days are gone in Kenya when the agriculture is limited to large farms headed by white colonists," said Leakey. "We are seeing a radical transformation in land use. Conservation has to be seen against that backdrop...