The publishers believe such details to be essential to the American background of the story.

Also, his Latin American background allows him to express emotions from deep sorrow to humor.

He was particularly noted for his "filmstar good looks" and an American background.

Freestyle was an exhibition that included twenty-eight up and coming artists of African American backgrounds.

It takes only a glance at the menu to realize that the chef has a varied American background and favors strong flavors.

They received their shipments and distributed, but the guys who ran the internal distribution were mostly American background.

They were perceived as an appealing hybrid of American and Taiwanese backgrounds.

If your child is from an African American or Hispanic background, the odds increase to 50 percent.

Helen comes from a fairly simple, typical American background.

That is the simple American political background.