Word: tension
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...meaning” is as a glorification of human courage. Its primary appeal is not to the understanding or the esthetic sense, but to whatever in us is receptive to sheer physical action. But as such, it is a very fine movie, a highly effective blend of tension and irony...
...decade, worldwide demand for oil could top supply by as much as nine million barrels per day, the IEA report concludes. It is not difficult to imagine the resulting escalation of international tension as countries scramble to obtain their energy needs. Nor is it hard to foresee the internal chaos another oil shortage will wreak on an unprepared nation. Soon the energy scare of the ‘70s may seem a mild prologue to the real crisis...
...tension surrounding financial independence that dominated the inaugural Council remains a central issue 25 years later. In the fall of 2003, the UC created its party fund program to cover the costs of some private parties each weekend, including the reimbursement of alcohol purchases. But this past October, interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam sparked another UC funds controversy by announcing that the party grants must...
According to quotes from the tape cited by The New York Times, Kennedy is heard speaking with his aides and staffers about the growing tension with Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett over allowing James H. Meredith, a black student, to attend the University of Mississippi...
...Over the past quarter century, the flash point for this tension has been an obscure federal law known as the Solomon Amendment, the brainchild of a conservative New York congressman who was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. And it’s no surprise why: the central purpose of the Solomon Amendment was to increase the role of the military on college campuses...