Word: tensioning
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...pocket.” In this and other poems, Robinson’s syntax is the best part of her style. The pacing of her language is exquisite. Lines that are formal and decorously slow contrast with punctuation-less lines that rush into one another. Robinson can sustain the tension of a phrase over several lines, even through self-interruption. In “From this miserable mutineer a stutter, / for when we are reading Dostoevsky in caves,” the narrator starts to grandly exclaim “My—” but breaks it with...
...murder case while struggling with his feelings for his neighbor (Sèverine Caneele). “Twentynine Palms” traces a couple’s footsteps as they journey through the American Southwest. Heavily laden with both: intriguing storylines and intense portrayals of sex, violence, and tension, Dumont’s films have won top awards at film festivals as well as made their mark on cinematic history...
...added sexual tension,” said Olga I. Zhulina ’09, who was at Lulu’s opening night with a female friend. “You would watch the actors, but then at certain points you would catch yourself looking at the guys, like they were part of the background and part of the play...
...date approached and the tension increased, my parents had no idea of how many guests to plan for. My father's parents welcomed the marriage, so they were in, but because my grandfather was head of his extended family, no one could go if he didn't. Finally, luckily, his own mother, my great-grandmother, sat him down and told him she would obey his wishes but that he was being pigheaded and should support his daughter. Which, finally, he did and everyone reconciled...
Picture the scene: We sit, toiling away at our desks, waiting patiently for the nice little Felipe’s/Finale study break we’d been promised. Suddenly we find our work space stormed harder than Helms Deep in Lord of the Rings. Trying to relieve some tension, Chris S. hits the 5th floor bathroom for a quick deuce/jerk, only to find every single stall occupied. We rush downstairs to find the Uruk-Hai pushing their way through the doors, surrounding tables that don’t even have food on them yet. Pandemonium breaks out. A diminutive librarian...