Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...first number, the black-haired ecdysiast effects a white gown which can best be described as revealing. Against an artificial background of palm trees and jungle flora, Miss La Rose sings a song describing an ancient Hawaiian custom while passing out lcis to the fortunately-positioned occupants of box and front row seats. Miss La Rose's voice, her least attractive feature, is a sultry contralto. It serves the purpose, however...
With a formidable background of information, gathered from the British Museum and other extraterritorial sources, Ernest Gebler has compiled a competent, though uninspiring, chronicle of the voyage of the Mayflower...
...lack of depth is probably the outstanding failing of the book; conversions, pronouncements, and changes of personality occur frequently, with little background. This sort of superficiality is almost inevitable in a straight historical novel which is tied so closely to documentary facts...
...background of Michelangelo's times is given by close-ups of panoramic drawings, portraits, and other contemporary documents...
...second of two articles on a union leader's plan for "management-sharing" in industry. Yesterday's article sketched the history and background of the plan; today's will take up the details of the plan, and discuss its limitations and possibilities...