Word: tensioning
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...much of Leisure is taken up by Ayres' romantic disasters, surely mortifying to experience yet so flat on the page. And by the fifth time he leaves us on a "cliffhanger," only to resolve the situation two pages later, it's clear that his concept of dramatic tension is a flawed one. But Ayres succeeds best in his doubting moments of financial self-reflection - the kind that everyone seems to be undergoing these days. Is it wise to put everything on my credit cards? Do I really need this caviar face treatment? Or, as Ayres writes, "does anyone...
...meeting last week between Pope Benedict XVI and leaders of the global Jewish community served to ease the tension between the two religions, caused by the Pope’s decision to reinstate four previously excommunicated bishops back into the Roman Catholic Church. In particular, the reinstatement of Bishop Richard Williamson has outraged Jewish leaders, who point to his public skepticism of the Holocaust as evidence of anti-Semitism. Many have called for the Pope to re-excommunicate Williamson from the church. While the Pope’s efforts to meet with Jewish leaders in order to explain his decision...
...hoping for, but the decisions indicate the level of trust that Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith has in her point guard.“We like the ball in Brogan’s hands,” Delaney-Smith said.The last five minutes were played out with incredible tension and drama, but those in attendance may have been biting their nails in the first half for entirely different reasons.Despite expecting the Columbia press, the Crimson simply did not deal with the pressure in the opening period. Harvard turned the ball over 16 times in a sloppy first half...
...degenerating into sheer cynicism, and instead asserts her right to hope for love. Further, the film does not shy away from the more painful and awkward sides of relationships. In fact, watching people play out these relationships on screen, rather than reading about them in a book, makes the tension both more palpable and more relatable.While this may not be the ideal Valentine’s Day film to see with a significant other, “He’s Just Not That Into You” gives the boys a voice too. Not all the film?...
...stature and the watchful eye he keeps over them. Just over a month ago, after Tricky had approached residents of the nearby Riquet housing project with a call for musicians, Ndiaye showed up at the studio followed by a wary band of nearly 20 friends. Tricky recalls the initial tension. "They were trying to suss me out," he says. "But once Amadou went on the mike, we were off and running...