Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...picture is a good form of entertainment for a hot summer's night. The even distribution of good gags is never calculated to panic anybody, yet the subtle humor of his gruffness imprints many of the punch lines in your memory. "Love That Brute" provides Douglas with the necessary background--manageable if dull--and gives him the assistance of a skilled supporting comedian, Keenan Wynn. Between the two of them, there are enough laughs to qualify the picture as entertainment but nowhere near enough to give it a name for good comedy...
...documents and verbal messages in the U.S. The go-between, he said, was a short, stocky, soft-spoken fellow with Slavic features, an oval face and a penchant for pin-striped suits. His conversation reflected scientific training. But what was his name? Where did he live? What was his background? Fuchs had never found...
...tung Is Missing. The political development of the republic lags notably behind its military and economic progress. Understanding of democracy comes slowly to a tradition-bound, largely rural people with a background of centuries of absolute rule...
...foundation, announced that $100,000 would be made available in 1950 for "Opportunity Fellowships." Eligible: any young U.S. citizen "of exceptional promise [who had] not had full opportunity to develop his talents because of arbitrary barriers, such as racial or cultural background or region of residence...
...multitude of guests that visits the Thompsons--the professor, his wife, and four children--each summer is only a small proportion of their many friends. Thompson's amazing faculty for making friends has been aided by his diversified background. He has taught at Wellesley, the University of California, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, the University of Virginia, Princeton, and Harvard, as well as working in New York and studying abroad...