There is no lack of sensible ideas: background checks for all gun purchasers, a national registry that would allow guns to be traced, an assault weapons ban, controls on ammunition, and so on.
I had expected three 'adjustment problems'--new country (culture, language), new field (ideas, background information, knowing who is who), and new lab (Where are the chemicals kept? Whom do I talk to about freezer space?).
What am I supposed to be getting out of this? (Ideas, background information, procedures, overview?).
As you leave behind high school to redefine and even reinvent yourself as adult, you need exposure to an array of different ideas, backgrounds and perspectives — not a cordon of clones.
But in remarks to reporters, Mr. Bush endorsed the idea of background checks at gun shows.
"We have no idea what background processing is going on to decide whether someone should be stopped or not," he says.
On plane I called Abbasky to see if he wanted to schedule something for same week but got voice mail (Lady Gaga is horrible idea for background music).
And then there's the idea of background knowledge, the need to know basic information related to a topic beforehand to be able to pick up new ideas easily.
JN conceived the idea, researched background literature, participated in designing the study, evaluating results and drafting the manuscript.
You'll find a set of WWF's inspiring posters on forests and sustainability issues, together with key questions, activity ideas and background.
