A story of four people set in Malaysia against the backdrop of the second world war.
Against this backdrop, on the second day of its 2010 Annual Session, the UNICEF Executive Board focused on relief efforts in humanitarian crises worldwide.
The distance between the backboard and the nearest backdrop -- fans in the second level -- was about 100 yards.
Page B7 UNLIKELY HOCKEY BACKDROP For the first time in the 64-year history of the Frozen Four, college hockey's championship is being contested in the South.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Puffin £6.99, pp211 Meg Rosoff's impressive debut blurs the boundary between youth and adult fiction, the result being a compelling exploration of the teenage psyche, in which the backdrop of the Third World War offers a poignant setting for the chronicle of protagonist Daisy's coming of age.
The lively crowd, the crushing humidity and the constant thump of music were the backdrop for the first major league game in Puerto Rico in six years, as the Florida Marlins beat the Mets, 10-3, and handed the knuckleball pitcher R. A. Dickey his first loss as a Met.
The conclave played out against the backdrop of the first papal resignation in 600 years and revelations of mismanagement, petty bickering, infighting and corruption in the Holy See bureaucracy.
This formed the visual backdrop for the fifth annual graduate conference in political theory, jointly supported by the Department of Politics and the University Center for Human Values an opportunity for our graduate students to discuss the work of visiting peers.
Nevada's incomplete recovery will serve as the backdrop for the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Saturday's caucus in Nevada will unfold against mountains and deserts, a far different backdrop from the first four states.
My own home was the backdrop for the first images.
