Against that backdrop, Notre Dame and Alabama did something that rarely happens in sports.
Against that backdrop, reports show economic growth in Europe continues to deteriorate, along with consumer and business confidence.
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Against that backdrop, Forbes again presents a new list of the 25 Best Places For A Working Retirement.
Against that backdrop, we now have the latest from Apple: the iCloud.
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Against that backdrop came a 2.5 hour outage in the network, which sent the Facebooksphere into a deep tizzy.
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So against that backdrop, there isn't a huge expectation that Mr. Hollande is going to do much to improve things.
And it was against that backdrop that Mr. Gingrich launched his harsh, 11th-hour attack on Mr. Romney's Bain Capital record.
DreamWorks' stock took a big hit earlier this month, and against that backdrop, "Madagascar" has assumed outsized importance for investors.
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Against that backdrop, the latest economic reports show economic growth in Europe continues to deteriorate, along with business and consumer confidence.
Against that backdrop, there has been a "blending toward the center" in the financial-services industry in recent years, according to Ms. Varas.
Against that backdrop manager Jones has been courted by other teams, although McPhail hopes Jones will stay but would understand if Ledley moves on.
Against that backdrop, most self-styled conservatives probably would be surprised to learn that in his 1962 book, Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman opposed right-to-work laws.
Against that backdrop, council member Eugene Levy got a phone call.
And against that backdrop, people took out massive amounts of debt.
Against that backdrop the Chancellor announced public sector pay rises are to be capped at 1% for two years in his update on the state of the economy.
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Against that backdrop there were three worrying developments today.
Against that backdrop, the first 100 days of the Obama presidency have brought forth a mind-numbing succession of giant initiatives, some tackled and some simply teed up for debate down the line.
Against that backdrop I join many observers in trying to forecast the momentum of the luxury business for the rest of the current year as well as gaining a glimpse into 2013.
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Against that backdrop the NHS chief executive, David Nicholson, has said for a long time that the NHS will need to make big efficiency savings "in order to stand still" over the coming years.
Against that backdrop, retail chains are reporting their same store sales for July today, and so far they are less than stellar, particularly considering the comparisons are to July of last year when chain store sales fell an average of 5%.
Against that backdrop, White House officials and some Republicans are arguing that the best way out of the impasse is to resume the search for a comprehensive deficit-cutting deal that gets to the core of the long-term problem through a rewrite of tax policy and a revamp of entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
Against that economic backdrop, we think that the global tech market will do a bit better in 2013 than it did in 2012, and will do even better in 2014.
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Against that challenging backdrop, it is striking that Mr Horta-Osorio says Lloyds has boosted net commercial lending - that's after repayments - by 2%.
It is against this backdrop that American policy toward the Soviet Union must be developed.
Yet against that depressingly familiar backdrop, some fundamental numbers are moving in the right direction (see article).
It is against this backdrop that Congress must enact legislation to protect "John Does" and, thereby, to protect us all.
It is against this backdrop that one must scrutinize German efforts to drum up new, emergency Western lending and other cash aid to Russia.
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