Day after day, against the backdrop of chants of "lock her up," and the constant diatribe of being called "Crooked Hillary, Clintonn had the stamina to walk proudly, hold her head high and remain in the game.
But from Thursday through Sunday, the backdrop for the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival will be the downtown Newark arts district, the first urban setting for this celebration, the largest poetry event in North America.
A large rainbow flag draped the entrance to Sproul Hall Monday, the backdrop to a noontime vigil held in response to Sunday's shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Florida.
In 1916 Australia was riven by Christian sectarianism: the Easter Rising took place in Ireland the same weekend as the commemoration of the first Anzac Day, against the backdrop of an Irish-Catholic led opposition to conscription.
(The smartest ad of the campaign may have been the one that showed Kerry windsurfing, expertly gliding back and forth, back and forth). Democrats, on the other hand, presented a litany of different complaints about Bush, depending on the day and the backdrop; he was a liar, a corporate stooge, a spoiled rich kid, a reckless warmonger.
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.
"They could say: 'I will never be in this world by myself".' She sat in her office here, looking out at a beautiful autumn day, the mountain backdrop bathed in a sunny haze.
Delegates were expected to hold their second day of talks in a Cairo hotel on Thursday against the backdrop of a 20-month civil war in which about 40,000 people have been killed in clashes between armed rebels and jihadist fighters on one side and Mr. Assad's forces on the other.
The chancellor will deliver his budget next Wednesday, against the backdrop of a deteriorating economic outlook.
On Monday, against the backdrop of the Iwo Jima memorial, several retired marine generals endorsed Mr. Robb.
