Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mahoney, who plans to concentrate in government at Harvard, said he has a strong background in politics...
...part of the day-long activities centered around community participation in crime fighting, city officials and volunteers joined hands above the Charles River as a boat from the fire department sprayed fountains of water into the air in the background...
...choosing his material, McGrath obviously revels in mocking the characters' indulgences, and nowhere does he have more of a field day than with the picture-book world he believes the characters inhabit: endlessly decorated lawns, trees, countrysides, even the people themselves. Characters seem absurd just walking by such a background...
...Martino, who won two individual bronzes and two relay golds last week, after having been kicked off the 1988 Olympic team. "Drug use is epidemic," says Charles Yesalis, a Penn State professor of health policy and a critic of Olympic drug testing. "There's always doubt lingering in the background...
...written, the American consultants will occupy only a small footnote. For those of us who observed the process over many months, the claims of the consultants are highly exaggerated. It is hard to imagine that a group of American political advisers who did not speak the language, had no background in the country or Russian culture and did not meet with any of the key figures in the campaign (except for occasional contact with Yeltsin's daughter) would ultimately have much impact. GREGORY GUROFF, Senior Associate Center for Post-Soviet Studies Chevy Chase, Maryland...