Word: tensioning
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...regime, which butchered hundreds of thousands of Shiites. But as President Bush pointed out Wednesday, the killing of the brothers Hussein is a sign that the old regime isn't coming back. Still, even if some Shiites become more inclined to take up arms against the occupation, communal tension remains a huge impediment to cooperation between Sunni and Shiite militants - Sadr's supporters have enraged Sunni clerics by laying claim to their mosques in the predominantly Shiite south. Keeping the Shiites off the battlefield will be a key dimension of U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq. And also a long-term...
...other faction is known as the Family. They are the relatives and close associates of former President Boris Yeltsin, who continue to maintain discreet influence on economic policy, working through Alexander Voloshin, the head of the presidential administration. Voloshin had the same post under Yeltsin. Upcoming elections have exacerbated tension between the two groups. Enter Khodorkovsky. In the past few months he has become remarkably talkative about politics, and has often been critical of Putin over issues like Iraq. Much more quietly, sources in the Duma say, last spring he began to plan a new acquisition - what a liberal deputy...
...until you're numb. The D.1 ($4,900) is more sophisticated than that. It uses a system of computer-controlled rollers that firmly and methodically press into your back. While that mechanism lulls you into bliss, inflatable air bags squeeze your hands, forearms, feet and calves to release tension and increase blood flow. Developed in Japan and coming to the U.S. next month (see inada-chair.com for store locations), the D.1 feels like a professional shiatsu massage, but with greater privacy and convenience...
...Spellbound's moms remarks that competitive spelling can be construed as a form of child abuse. All that study, all those desperately furrowed brows, all that tension--for what? Well, in this competition, to spell words you'll probably never use--or even hear again--in any form of civilized discourse. Director Jeffrey Blitz is sympathetic to the eight kids he follows through this agony, and they and their parents largely seem to have the contest in wry perspective. And we do get caught up in their fates. Implicitly, Blitz seems to be asking but not quite answering this question...
...tell?” Glazer asked. “Almost everything depends on whether the very broad achievement gap in standard educational measures between blacks and others can be overcome…There’s a permanent tension...