The internal clashes over F.D.A. policy played out against a broader backdrop of regulatory politics.
Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events.
But, as the attention of political correspondents drifts to different intrigues, the broader backdrop of British politics suggests the likelihood of having a woman lead Britain again anytime soon is remarkably slim.
To read: In the New York Times, Gardiner Harris reports on the tension between the White House and the F.D.A.: The internal clashes over F.D.A. policy played out against a broader backdrop of regulatory politics.
While the dispute centers on two slices of land, it has been playing out against a much broader backdrop of historic antagonism among the major powers over separatist movements.
Not only has the recession got many of us appreciating the simpler things in life, there's also a broader backdrop of valuing provenance and rejecting mindless consumerism – whether it's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's horror at the fishing industry, fashion-chain sweatshop exposés or the popularity of growing your own vegetables.
The raids took place against a broader backdrop of Kuwaiti jihadist activity in Iraq.
As such, investors are well-advised to view derivatives not just in isolation, but against the broader backdrop of the fund's entire portfolio.
This is fundamentally a movie about the love between two friends (set against a broader backdrop of Nazi Germany, anti-Semitism and Hellman's on-again, off-again relationship with Dashiel Hammett).
Against a broader backdrop of accelerating political chaos and routine mass shootings including one that left 13 dead in Thousand Oaks, where the Saxtons took refuge, just hours before the Woolsey fire forced residents to evacuate an increasingly dystopian reality loomed.
