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	Back-story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story.
		However, a story creator may also create portions of a back-story or even an entire back-story that is solely for his or her own use in writing the main story and is never revealed in the main story.
		As a boy, he reads one such prophecy, concerning the coming of the Messiah, and declares, "Today, this prophecy is fulfilled." For those who regard the Old Testament as the back story for the New Testament, this is the longest back story known in the literature of the Western world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Back-story (582 words)

	MediaChannel.org - A Global Network of More Than 1,000 Media Issues Groups
		What Americans won't see is perhaps the most important story of them all, one the mainstream media are loath to report in an election year.
		That, of course, is the story of the mainstream media themselves.
		These newsrooms often base story selection not on the relevance of the news at hand, but on their bosses' wish to cross-promote titles.
	www.mediachannel.org /views/dissector/affalert247.shtml (1010 words)

	The Back Orifice "Backdoor" Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It means that if Back Orifice is running in your computer, a remote operator anywhere on the global Internet can gain access and do almost anything you can do on your computer -- and some things you can't do -- all without any outward indication of his presence.
		Back Orifice simply implements standard system admin functions and includes a few handy tools for the remote operator's convenience.
		Back Orifice is only one of the potential consequences.
	www.nwinternet.com /~pchelp/bo/bo.html (2066 words)

	[Darac's Novel] Sarlorn Back-story
		For a brief moment, as the momentum of the vehicle ebbed due to some small resistance by the road and the collision with the barrier, it seemed as if they were going to be safe, but with a thud the front wheels dropped over the cliff-edge.
		The thinking part of his brain told him that not everyone is successful in their first season, some Mananozu took years before they mated, but the thinking part of his brain was shouted down by the more instinctive part of his brain.
		As a demonstration, Sarlorn had peeled back part of the artificial fur on his arm, revealing the metal beneath.
	winterwolf.co.uk /pipermail/daracsnovel/2002-August/000006.html (4754 words)

	Back Story - Chapter 2 - Skilled Urchin
		Gideon put his back to the wall, pointing one dagger in Malcolm's direction and the other towards the advancing youths.
		Back at the "mansion" all tend to Malcolm.
		The officer struggles to defend as he is driven back further and further.
	journals.aol.com /gideonhawke/GideonHawke/entries/851 (2051 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Back Story: A Spenser Novel (A Spenser Novel) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Back Story involves Spenser almost casually in an abandoned trail to a 1974 killing of actress Daryl Silver's (nee Gordon) mother, Emily.
		One of the great appeals of this story is the extensive involvement of Mr.
		A lady friend of Paul's wants to know who killed her mother back in the 60's, and so Spenser collecting his fee consisting of six Krispy Kreme doughnuts digs into the past and comes up with more than his client wants to know.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0719562910 (854 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Back story: Experts offer solutions, gizmos for a healthier back
		Back pain is a growing business in the valley and across the nation, said B. Eliot Cole, a Las Vegas neurologist and director of continuing medical education for the American Association of Pain Management in Sonora, Calif.
		The height of the chair from the ground should be adjusted so that the feet are flat on the floor, the knees are level with the seat and the back of the chair should curve into the small of the lower back.
		She went to a Relax the Back store in September with a skeptical outlook and walked out with a $1,300 chair and orders for a mattress and lower-back support pillows.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2002/jan/21/512919374.html (1709 words)

	HeroicStories: Online Story Archive - Back Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was given six months to live, so she asked my father for one thing, that we would all start going to church until the end.
		Mary (location unknown) wrote: "This story has reaffirmed my faith in humanity." Marilyn in Arizona: What a heart-warming piece!" Mark (from California) wrote: "I might know this person, as I know a cab driver (name Michael) who drives for a local cab company who's very helpful.
		He sure is a nice guy." You can see the full story here: http://www.HeroicStories.com/archives.html.) Tyla in California has an inspiring story: "My parents took the Red Cross Disaster Training and put it to good use; they're in Louisiana.
	www.heroicstories.com /backissue1.html (898 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Back Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When I picked up "Back Story," the 2003 Spenser novel from Robert B. Parker of course the first thing that came to my mind was to wonder how Pearl was doing.
		This story begins with Spenser being hired to investigate the twenty eight year old murder of a hippy, by the victim's daughter.
		The conclusion, as with most of the Author's stories is complex and uncompromising and I, for one found it to be one of the finest in the Spenser series.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1842430971 (1774 words)

	Story # 1
		Juan pulled himself back upon the rock and looked so curiously for he could not believe what was in front of him.
		Tinker Bell was so excited because Juan had turned to her story first instead of going to the middle or the back of the book first.
		Juan, do you believe in fairies?” As she spoke those words, she told him that if he would sit and listen to her story that at the end of her story, she would give him a piece of material to help him build a raft to go home.
	students.ou.edu /L/Rogina.M.Lopez-1/story1.html.html (1149 words)

	A Momentary Lull — The back story
		The beauty of the assistance programs is they all "sleep." Until we pay off the balance of the first mortgage (whether by selling, refinancing, or making monthly payments for the next thirty years), we don't need to make payments on their principal.
		When the agent I wanted to work with came back from vacation, we met at her office, explained our requirements, and she lined up a half dozen or so houses for us to see the next day.
		The neighbors to the west (rental) have a converted garage studio whose side wall abuts the back yard (no fence to hide some of their peeling paint).
	www.amomentarylull.net /backstory.html (1504 words)

	Backstory
		And yet, there was something in the stories of the harragas that seemed completely familiar to me. Back home, I never had to look very hard or very far to find the kind of misfortune that drives people to desperate acts.
		There were stories everywhere, like tadpoles in spring, and I first started writing them down because they were funny and because I was afraid they would be lost if someone didn’t get them on paper.
		I began thinking of the stories, which had been largely anecdotal, in terms of their broader context—the context of modern war and of my own personal connection with the military.
	mjroseblog.typepad.com /backstory (8549 words)

	Come back story an award winner
		He says 70 per cent of his long-term memory was erased by the shocks, and his lower back was ruined when he wasn't given enough muscle relaxant before one round.
		As part of the nomination process, she sent Lax's story to the center.
		Lax not only came back, but came back with a story to tell.
	www.ect.org /news/lax/comeback.html (660 words)

	Back Story
		Back Story is a satisfying read, but it is nothing special -- unless you spend a little time with the characters first.
		Back in 1974, her mother, Emily, was shot and killed during a bank robbery right here in Boston.
		Back Story is a strong addition no mystery lover should miss.
	bookstore24x7.com /b-back (1887 words)

	ESPNMAG.com - Back Story
		And the Seminoles can thank McGahee for breaking their backs with a 68-yard run off a screen pass that set up the game-winning TD.
		He'll probably break UM's single-season rushing record, then be the first running back taken in April's NFL draft.
		Not confident that McGahee was ready to be a feature back, Miami coaches moved his best friend, WR Jason Geathers, to tailback over the summer.
	espn.go.com /magazine/vol5no24mcgahee.html (1952 words)

	BackStory
		The thinking side (left) is always ego based and is the side used when we try to "interpret or analyze"; the actor must learn to ignore the "ego" and allow the creativity to rise to the surface.
		Nobel had done his research and created the entire Back Story before he went in and had such a clear visualization of the character that there was no need to read the dialogue.
		I was cast to play the part of an attorney in a "Dallas" episode back in the '80's and I went to an attorney friend of mine and asked him about being an attorney, from an attitude standpoint.
	acting.freeservers.com /BackStory.htm (1179 words)

	ESPN.com: GEN - Brown's tale should be cautionary
		A week ago, of course, Kevin Brown's concern was the elbow, his surgically repaired pitcher-part that recently had become inflamed to the point of forcing Brown to the disabled list for the second time this season.
		The context of every issue surrounding the once-great pitcher's spate of injuries, after all, is the fact that he's in just the fourth year of a seven-year, $106 million contract.
		The better one is whether this latest Back Story sparks even a glimmer of caution in the next ownership group that spots a player it just can't live without.
	espn.go.com /columns/kreidler/1390743.html (808 words)

	Welcome to Story County, Iowa Government on the Web! -- Home Page
		Story County Conservation Partners and the Ames Camera Club invite the public to view this year’s Photo Contest winners.
		Story County Conservation Partners and the Ames Camera Club would like to thank all those who submitted photos for the contest.
		It is wonderful to see the beauty of Story County captured on film for all to enjoy.
	www.storycounty.com (400 words)

	Was Bush Wired? Sure Looks Like It.
		Nelson, a top-ranked senior research scientist at JPL and past chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, says that by enhancing the contrast and the edge definition in digital photographs taken of video broadcasts of the three debates, the object under the jacket can be clearly delineated.
		Bloggers have been pretty much alone in dogging this story, and some have suggested that the president may be hiding a medical device -- the prevailing theory is an external atrial defibrillator.
		A third big question is why the media -- and the Kerry campaign -- have stayed away from this story, refusing to press the president for an explanation of the bulges in his three suit jackets.
	www.motherjones.com /news/update/2004/11/10_407.html (1734 words)

	Zoetrope: All-Story: Back Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She put her mirror back into her bag.
		He began cautiously to back out of the lane marked "Exit Only." "Leave her sit there," said the attendant.
		The attendant vaulted into the car, backed it up with insolent skill, and put it where it belonged.
	www.all-story.com /issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=100 (1874 words)

	A Climber's Inspiration: Stimson Bullitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He went back a third time in 1981; he was successful with Sumner and Shelby Scates.
		Neither his age, nor family, nor social, nor professional commitments, which remain significant and which he manages to balance in an enviable way, have kept him from the mountains or diminished his desire to climb.
		There was not the slightest indication that he was going to take the required standing eight count that his belayer and the various onlookers were expecting.
	classic.mountainzone.com /climbing/99/misc/bullitt/index.html (1439 words)

	Russian Roulette - CSO Magazine - January 2005
		Alexey V. Ivanov was touted as a major success story in the battle to protect American corporations from the menace of foreign hackers.
		For Alexey Ivanov, the story of his hacking, his crimes, his arrest and his release from prison ends in a place that he finds perfectly satisfactory.
		Because there are sure to be more like him back home, we look at the life and crimes of a Russian hacker, and at questions raised by his case relating to international search and seizure.
	www.csoonline.com /read/010105/russian.html (3574 words)

	Another Back Pain Story
		I would have like a bad back for three weeks where I couldn't do much, then it would go away, and I would be okay for a couple of weeks, then it would come back.
		So, finally, about six or maybe about eight months ago my back started to hurt again and this time it lasted for probably… it was going for about five months when I started to get a little desperate, because I usually would get pretty depressed.
		Patient's stories herein, and the language used, is intended to inform and educate.
	www.jointrehab.com /back_pain_prolotherapy.htm (1064 words)

	Birdchick Blog: Ruth: Back Story
		Apparently she had called several stores and anyone she could think of related to birds to try and find a place for her peewees and no one was able to help her.
		She said that she would have to repeat everything I said out loud since the psychic connection with the peewees was just in her brain and they wouldn't be able to hear me through her ears (it made total sense).
		Ruth worried that the birds were too elderly to fly and so she personally escorted them out to the store and then to the bus back into downtown.
	www.birdchick.com /2004/11/ruth-back-story.html (1105 words)

	Phoenix - back story
		She was finally given an origin story by Chris Claremont in a Phoenix story in the anthology title Bizarre Adventures #27.
		This story has the effect of retroactively establishing Jean Grey as the first X-Man to work with Charles Xavier, something that she and Xavier concealed from the rest of the team.
		Their motivations for doing so are thoroughly obscure, and it's difficult to avoid the feeling that the story is just attempting to bulldoze Silver Age continuity aside and hope nobody notices.
	www.thexaxis.com /indexes/backstory/Phoenix.htm (713 words)

	t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt \| The Story of Steve
		A little back story, to set the Steve stage, to tell you about the kind of man he is. Steve loved this woman once upon a time, and dropped somewhere in the neighborhood of two grand on an emerald ring for her.
		Steve got the ring back after the relationship finished its little Hindenburg routine, and took it to a bridge.
		One day, he met an Iraq veteran in a shelter who was just back, who was permanently in a wheelchair from shrapnel wounds, who was desperate to do what Steve was doing, who had lost his whole family to the storm.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/091305I.shtml (997 words)

	Saint Nate's Blog: Back Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I relived those stories when I traveled through Europe, especially in Spain where I saw scores of gilded depictions of St. Joan being dipped in molten lead and beheaded and countless paintings of St. Sebastian filled with arrows.
		Someone with a symbolic mind came up with the story for Saint Christopher, who remains popular even though there's not a speck of proof he ever existed.
		The story of Saint Brendan includes a part where everyone has mass on the back of a whale.
	stnate.blogspot.com /2005/02/back-story.html (1346 words)

	Sailor Moon RPG Back Story
		Ok, to make life easier for newbies on the RPG, these are pages with the back story (aka the old posts meshed together) on them.
		Also note worthy, the scouts are sent back in time by pluto to fight a new enemy and things start to get more interesting.
		Ok here is the story, The battle with Chrounus starts to rage, Terren goes back to being good (well for him anyways) and Arus and Tourmaline get a whole new perspetive on life, literally.
	www.angelfire.com /nc2/rpgchic/RPGStory.html (1000 words)

	Zoetrope: All-Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler judges, and the winner and finalists will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.
		All-Story founding editor Adrienne Brodeur has published her debut novel, Man Camp, with Random House.
		Zoetrope: All-Story is a quarterly literary publication founded by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997 to explore the intersection of story and art, fiction and film.
	www.all-story.com (131 words)

	Back Story of CARMEN at Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
		Back Story of CARMEN at Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA CARMEN -- The Back Story
		Its melodies seem inexhaustible, and the use of Spanish rhythms and harmonies gives the opera a pungent, piquant flavor.
		CARMEN is also one of the best known and most popular of all operas thanks to its skillful combination of a love story with passionate, lyrical music and, above all, a heroine who is a true free spirit.
	www.maj.org /p2005/icam_carmen_story.html (153 words)

	Bookreporter.com - BACK STORY by Robert B. Parker
		I was about a third of the way through BACK STORY, the new Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, when I happened to get a call from an older friend who had coincidentally first thrust a Spenser novel, PROMISED LAND, into my hands many years ago.
		The reason that this is worth relating is that Parker is now writing for three generations of Spenser fans, with no sign of slowing down and, if BACK STORY is any indication, no sign of rust.
		BACK STORY marks the return of Paul Giacomin, Spenser's almost-son; though he has little involvement in the story, he is its indirect catalyst.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0399149775.asp (467 words)

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