Word: tensioning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...response to a recent controversial column in The Crimson and signs of racial tension at Dartmouth College, students and faculty gathered yesterday to raise awareness of issues facing Native Americans...
...blood in “The Departed” actually weakens the better scenes in which tension is created through the threat of violence, not its execution. Nicholson’s best scene is a conversation with the duplicitous DiCaprio where the audience thinks that Jack might put a bullet through Leo’s pretty head no less than three times. When Scorsese indulges in splatters of blood similar to those that drowned “Gangs of New York,” I wished that the characters would stop shooting and start talking again...
...Inside Man.” The problem with “V for Vendetta,” and with many of this year’s less successful films, is that burgeoning body counts don’t always correlate with increasing emotional tension...
...hilarious event” that has become far too commonplace, students say, igniting tension between overworked firefighters and sleep-deprived students...
...made corruption a key issue. But he was stung by election eve accusations of vote-buying by his campaign. Huang denied the allegations and demanded a recount; on Sunday a Kaohsiung court approved the request, meaning it could be months before the final outcome is known. Meanwhile, the political tension will likely continue. "The margin was very narrow," says Andrew Yang, secretary general of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. "The recount has created uncertainty and the opportunity for political confrontation...