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...routines demand strength and flexibility, precision without tension.  Siegler demonstrates each move, but emphasizes that there is no pressure to attempt positions that are too challenging or uncomfortable. The environment is nurturing and low-key, making the physical challenge more bearable...

Author: By Rena Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Enlighten Yo-Self, G | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

...pretty romantic.” Part of the night usually involves sleeping, which can be interrupted at any moment. “I have a lot of weird dreams when I sleep here,” says Stephanopoulos. “There’s sort of this implicit tension that the doorbell might wake you up at any moment...

Author: By Matthew J. Amato, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Waiting for the Call | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

...Dean Kirby has written a very thoughful report,” Mendelsohn said. “I think it’s outlined a range of things going on. He has not focused on areas where there are issues of tension...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb and Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Kirby Warns of Tighter Budget | 2/10/2004 | See Source »

...Discussion about Allston is very upbeat and optimistic, and yet we’re being told that our budget is constrained in FAS,” Mendelsohn said. “There was some real discussion of the tension between Allston growth and FAS feeling constrained...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb and Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Kirby Warns of Tighter Budget | 2/10/2004 | See Source »

...would be a hypocrite if I were to claim that I did not think that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are vital to our national security. I grew up in Lahore, a howitzer-shell's flight from the Indian border, and I have witnessed firsthand the tension that comes when a country masses its army against its smaller neighbor. I have seen our troops digging in and our choppers flying low overhead as I have dropped off my younger cousins at school. And I know that in those moments I have been grateful for our nuclear weapons, for the deterrent that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Reaction | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

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