Sentence examples for and the backdrop for from inspiring English sources

Hurston was born in 1891 and grew up in Eatonville, Fla., the first all-black town to incorporate and the backdrop for her novel.

Drugs and prostitution -- always birds of a feather -- have turned Atlantic City, the gambling capital of the East Coast, into the scene of an AIDS epidemic and the backdrop for a public health emergency.

San Francisco had focused much of its bid on its reputation as a cosmopolitan city, one of the top United States destinations for tourists from around the world and the backdrop for countless motion pictures.

The Stahlbaums' main room has wooden beams; a river runs through the Land of Snow; and the backdrop for the Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy shows her bonbon islands and Disneyesque sweet-built castle with big, bright, edible-looking mushrooms; a strawberry tree; and lollipop shrubs in the garden.

It was the birthplace of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the armed wing of the ANC, home of leading political activists such as Govan Mbeki, and the backdrop for many of Athol Fugard's plays about black South African life.

Whether you're in New York or Nairobi, Mexico City or Manila, the street is the first and last place we visit each day, and the backdrop for everything in between.

A compilation of known reactions shows the extent of light-driven interactions between naturally occurring components of land, air, and water, and provides the backdrop for an outline of the mechanisms of these phenomena.

Unemployment, and signs of wider economic recovery, are key political issues and provide the backdrop for next month's German election, in which Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking a third term in office.

Within the last five years, more than 100 people have won settlements against the Baltimore police for civil rights violations and allegations of racism, suggesting a pattern of institutional racism and creating the backdrop for the Baltimore Uprising.

In Suffolk County, agriculture is a $200-million-plus 200-million-plus 200-million-plus people and provindustry backdrop for thattourism industry, which touts themploysd's wineries aboutarm stands.

The Owens Valley water heist gave birth to a major city and formed the backdrop for the 1974 movie "Chinatown".