Word: tensioning
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...added that “having an outside arbiter can be a really good way of relieving some internal tension...
...single mother and daughter: Esma needs to pay Sara’s imminent school trip fees—a whopping sum of 200 euros—and we see her become increasingly more embarrassed as she asks each of the film’s characters for help. Tension escalates to a fever pitch as Sara questions the identity of her father while the school trip looms nearer. The past is a context, rather than a subject, for the film: Zbanic does not resort to graphic violence in order to hint at the atrocities of the war. We see it reflected...
...fratricidal Spanish Civil War, waged from 1936 to 1939, was a time of tension and high drama. And through April 24, the Harvard Film Archive is allowing audiences to experience the era’s tragedy and pathos in its series “Franco, Fascists, and Freedom Fighters: The Spanish Civil War on Film.” The film series marks the 71st anniversary of the conflict. Comprised of factual and fictional films, it includes dramatic renderings of the civil war, such as “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro?...
...guitar become tiring and fairly forgettable. The fairly forgettable fills most of the album, but there are highlights, such as “Yadnus.” If Offer’s hushed come-ons in the song “Myth Takes” are filled with sexual tension, this is what it sounds like unbelted. “Bend over Beethoven,” on the other hand, is less sexual than its name implies—and more of a fantastic dance snack. The jam bounces between the ears, growing to become fully satisfying...
...recent years, the uneasy tension between science and faith has escalated into a full-out war of attrition.It began with the debates over teaching creationism and evolutionary theory in the early 1990s, and 9/11 further opened the door for accusations about the harm religion and fundamentalism can cause. The ongoing debate over intelligent design is only the latest battlefield in this increasingly contentious culture war. Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have introduced a new level of vehemence to the attacks on religion with their best-selling anti-religion polemics, which are at least as extreme as a hellfire and brimstone...