Despite a buzz-killing backdrop of federal raids and local crackdowns, marijuana fans celebrated their high holiday on Friday in all the traditional ways: smoking, speaking out and — no doubt — snacking.
The street protests, as well as recent attacks — two car bombs went off Sunday near Iraq's Bank of Trade in Baghdad, killing 26 people — are a grim backdrop to the political stalemate.
Pairing the concept of the rail shooter with electronic music, it allowed the player to create sounds and melodies as they shot at and killed enemies, against a backdrop of wire frame graphics that vibrate with kaleidoscopic colors inspired in part by Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky.
The kidnappings occurred against the backdrop of another bloody day for Iraq, with two car bombings in Baghdad killing more than 35 people.
We said, 'The country's killing us.' " Still, in the context of what he has come here to do, the undulating meadows are a pretty good backdrop.
The decision to ban the groups comes against the backdrop of an investigation by a parliamentary committee into a far-right underground cell that had evaded the authorities for years, killing at least 10 people, most of them immigrant businessmen.
Roh killed himself in 2009, against a backdrop of rising corruption allegations.
At least 59 civilians and soldiers were killed on Sunday in a violent backdrop to a referendum on a constitution that offers some reforms, but could enable Assad to keep power until 2028.
The director, Neten Chokling, captures some rugged backdrops that John Ford would have killed for, but he shoots many scenes in a mystifying darkness.
One of the most appalling tropes of action films, whether "Furious 7" or "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," is destruction-as-backdrop, with bystanders scattered indifferently or killed off-screen as cars skid, explosions explode, and buildings crumble.
The house was also used as a backdrop for the James Bond movie "License to Kill".
