Students were given new experiences to build background knowledge and practice social skills.

WHITEHOUSE: Finding Opportunities to Make a Difference

The philosophy, ritualistic background, culture and traditional knowledge of sailing in the Persian Gulf are gradually fading, although some of the associated ceremonies continue to be practised in a few places.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Thank God that George Bush is our president, and thank God that Dick Cheney, a man with his experience and his knowledge and his strength and his background, is our vice president.

CNN: Giuliani: 'Thank God that George Bush is our president'

"A failure to ensure that health professionals in the neo-natal unit had background medical knowledge on this family, " for example, and a failure to properly respond in detail when one neo-natal nurse did express some concerns.

BBC: Doncaster children: Who are they?

Therefore, auditors should have a wide range of business knowledge, demonstrated through years of audit and industry-specific experience, educational background, professional certifications, training programs, committee participation, professional associations, and job rotational assignments.

FORBES: JP Morgan Chase Named A New Chief Auditor (For Corporate!); Can You Name Him?

In an honest, moving and simple memoir which shows self-knowledge without self-indulgence, Ms Laber describes her background as the daughter of a self-made Russian-Jewish entrepreneur in New York who discouraged her fascination with Russian culture.

ECONOMIST: Human rights