Word: tenser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like to do?shake the System loose from its routines, pieties and general lack of responsiveness to the common needs of both keypunch operators and tough cops. One might wish that The Enforcer had the cinematic smarts imparted by Director Don Siegel to the original Dirty Harry, a tenser, tauter piece of work. But The Enforcer is fairish fun?and certainly no threat to liberal democracy. Richard Schickel
...same time, relations between Kissinger and Schlesinger, two strongwilled, independent men, grew tenser. They had been squabbling since the Yom Kippur War of October 1973, when Kissinger charged that Schlesinger tried to stall the massive resupply of U.S. weapons to the Israelis. A year later, Kissinger promised to consider sending Pershing missiles to Israel; Schlesinger, who had not been consulted when Kissinger made the promise, contended that reopening production lines for the missile was impractical. More seriously, they increasingly disagreed on détente, notably on just what concessions could safely be made to the Russians to gain an agreement...
...their belts, and tiny microphones at their wrists. The working style of the agents immediately guarding the President tends to reflect his own personality. Kennedy's agents were alert but relatively inconspicuous and, like their charge, showed a fondness for the good life. Johnson's entourage tended to be tenser and more belligerent, sometimes silencing hecklers with flying tackles. The Secret Servicemen surrounding Nixon were characteristically aloof and well organized. Today's White House detail is outwardly relaxed and amiable, preferring gentle persuasion to brute force...
There is undoubtedly some truth in her description, but it seems to have worked both ways: presidents were also considerably tenser. Although Bunting is a wonderful woman in many respects, she has very little feel for politics-perhaps because she is so used to dealing on a personal level. I ler policies and the decisions of her administration unnecessarily alienated many students at that time...
...little stage-frightened, the Harvard community grew measurably tenser this week as the month of the long-awaited movie premiere of "Love Story" finally arrived...