Word: tensioning
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...supplies. In 1801, seeking a better price, the pasha declared war on the U.S. by cutting down the flagpole in front of the American consulate. This turned out to be a mistake, since America now had a navy (built at the end of Adams' term during a period of tension with France). President Jefferson sent a squadron to the Mediterranean, where it met with failures and successes. In 1803 the frigate Philadelphia ran aground in Tripoli harbor; America had to burn the stricken ship. On the plus side, in 1805 William Eaton, a feisty diplomat, led a force of Marines...
Despite the tension of picking new classes and the chatter about Harvard’s next president, the recent streak of cold weather seems to have dominated talk on campus and in the Square...
While most black students at Harvard experience more racial tension than Harvard’s “Kum-bay-yah” image would suggest, even the most skeptical among us must acknowledge that the racial climate at Harvard is much improved from the times of our parents’ generation, and is a far cry from the negative realities that many less privileged black people face all over the world...
...course, other points of tension remain, such as the concept of black identity, especially now that Harvard’s black students come from every corner of the African Diaspora and level of the socioeconomic ladder. Celebrating Black History Month is no longer as simple as paying homage to a few Black American leaders or addressing the problems of urban America, because those issues are no longer of universal significance within the black community, as many feel unable to relate to a “shared” experience of historical struggle. At Harvard, an increasing number of students...
...premises go, but under Michael Lehman's relaxed but not inattentive direction, it'll do, especially as there are some nice little turns in the story. Johnny has an attractive father (Stephen Collins), who's capable of igniting a spark in Daphne, which at least relaxes some of her tension. One of Milly's sisters is a psychiatrist with a funny patient. There's even an unsolved mystery: What went wrong in Daphne's relationship with the girls' father? It must contain an explanation for her being such a busybody and it may have something to do with...