Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with quiet relief by Western diplomats, who have long said they would like to see either a healthy President or a new one. Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and National Security Adviser Alexander Lebed, the two most prominent candidates to be Yeltsin's successor, were deferentially silent. In the background, however, it was not difficult to hear the sound of knives sharpening as the two men prepared for the next round of their personal struggle for primacy...
...working separately and then together, the two women have crisscrossed the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia, from Morocco to South Africa, observing and documenting traditional native ceremonies. Although not working scientists (Fisher was trained as a sociologist before she switched to photography; Beckwith came to the field from a background in art), they have studied their subjects with the thoroughness of professional researchers, visiting all but seven of Africa's 53 nations and capturing on film most of the rituals that are still practiced on the continent. In some cases, Beckwith and Fisher are the first Westerners the tribes have...
...wasteful government spending that he appeared to be setting the right example of how to run for President without spending exorbitant sums. Perot's political instincts were probably correct when he refused a Rollins-recommended campaign that would have cost $147 million. In view of Perot's military background, his choice of a retired vice admiral for a running mate did not offer balance to his ticket. But it was his bowing out of the race, in deference to his family, after pledging that he would stay in the campaign all the way, that cost Perot his credibility--permanently. GUNNAR...
...knowing all the dangers, Dole had been playing with the idea of Kemp for some time. Since June the Dole team had been running background checks on a short list of Republican Governors and Senators that did not include Kemp. But from time to time Dole would startle some aides by asking, "What about the quarterback?" During the last week of July, Dole secretly dispatched his campaign manager, Scott Reed, to meet with Kemp and "test the waters." Reed was a logical go-between. He had worked on Kemp's 1988 presidential campaign and then served him as chief...
...Teachers' organizations take the position that because of the family background of their students, the public schools can't do any better," Peterson said. "This smacks of the pessimism of the Herrnstein position...