| Her family background perhaps also helps to explain her interest in displaced and marginal people, her horror of nationalism and ethnocentrism. |
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| Except for one mentally disabled girl, these girls did not differ from other runaways in family background or other factors. |
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| Much has been made of Smyth's family background, for he is the son of Renaissance art historian Craig Hugh Smyth and was brought up in Italy. |
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| Ask him what he inherited from his family background, however, and his loquaciousness stops. |
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| Angelina's family background informed the style and content of her literary works. |
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| Rather, positive steps should be taken to enhance the opportunity of those disadvantaged by such social factors as family background. |
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| His sympathies to socialism were further rebellion against his family background from the merchant class of Manchester. |
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| Reid Pearce, mitigating, said Sheridan had a very unsettled family background. |
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| His was not a pampered upbringing, but he did grow up with a sense of entitlement and self-importance because of his family background. |
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| Juliet said her interest in motor rallying developed from friends rather than any family background or interest in motor sport. |
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| He starts from a humble family background as the son of a patriotic Socialist with a chip on his shoulder. |
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| In the years after we buy our first breeding cat we gain more insight about the family background of our breeding cat. |
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| In addition to observable factors like academic achievement, family background, and ability, some analysts have tried to control for self-selection into various institutions. |
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| The increasing economic value of education is good news in a society that strives to make economic opportunity subservient to individual merit, rather than family background. |
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| He combines this vivid palette and a style-conscious family background with trademark flamboyance to create his signature style. |
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| Some have the support and security of a settled family background, others come from single-parent homes in which they were latchkey kids. |
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| Some acknowledge that gang affiliation reflects a lack of education, a history of abuse, unsupportive family background or racial marginalization. |
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| A nervous family background and faulty emotional training when young are predisposing causes. |
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| Electra sets up the story, gives us some family background and tries repeatedly to shush the Greek chorus so it does not awaken Orestes. |
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| In fee-paying schools, almost all students come from a family background where there is a great deal of emphasis on achievement and good citizenship. |
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| It is important that differences among people are always respected, including differences in age, education and family background. |
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| A person's standing in society is often determined by his or her occupation, income or education level, or family background. |
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| How many people carry, sometimes for the whole of their life, the weight of the wounds of a difficult or dramatic family background? |
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| To find out more about your family background and take pride in your family history. |
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| The subgroups fall roughly into four major categories: family structure, family background, jobreadiness, and barriers to employment. |
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| Underline anything about their family background, culture or language. |
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| Qualifying, as an Iraq biker has nothing to do with family background. |
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| The survey covered topics such as ethnic or cultural ancestry and identity, family background, religion, language use, social networks, interactions with others, and civic participation. |
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| It was not until the penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice, that Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background. |
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| This means that my perspectives are limited due to my family background. |
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| The study examines the relationship between depression and a range of factors, including alcohol and drug use, social support networks, self-esteem, and family background. |
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| Tells about Mr. Guinness' family background. |
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| In this way, math is applied to the everyday lives of the pupils, their surroundings and family background, and enhances a better understanding of each other. |
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| His family background was similar to mine. |
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| How would you describe your family background? |
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| If sinister undercurrents were there, his family background prepared them. |
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| The Restivo family background was hardly of a criminal bent. |
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| This is like a child who hangs out with another boy from a rich family background and starts to beg his parents to buy him the expensive toys that his rich friend has, without considering his family's economic situation. |
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| They underestimated the importance of the various psychosocial criteria, such as solitary drinking, weekly inebriation, total drink consumption per occasion, family background of drink-related problems and furtive drinking. |
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| Nature and nurture, genetics and family background all come into play. |
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| So this woman is pictured as a poor soul, with a sad family background, from Greenland and somehow lured to travel to Denmark under false pretences. |
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| Adopted children could use a computer system linked to the websites of the National Service for Minors and the two national adoption agencies to enquire about their family background. |
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| The authors compare youth on the street and in schools and control for factors of family background in order to identify adverse situational conditions that contribute to delinquency. |
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| Claimants may request photocopies for their personal archives or take notes in order to become better acquainted with their family background or learn more about their ancestors' history. |
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| Modest about her family background, she nevertheless understands the interest and graciously agrees to share some of her memories when she is asked. |
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| Virtually nothing is known of his parents, family background, or origin. |
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| He read widely and his vision of history was, idiosyncratically, based on that reading, along with his personal experiences and his family background. |
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