Word: tensioning
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...meaning” is as a glorification of human courage. Its primary appeal is not to the understanding or the esthetic sense, but to whatever in us is receptive to sheer physical action. But as such, it is a very fine movie, a highly effective blend of tension and irony...
...tension surrounding financial independence that dominated the inaugural Council remains a central issue 25 years later. In the fall of 2003, the UC created its party fund program to cover the costs of some private parties each weekend, including the reimbursement of alcohol purchases. But this past October, interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam sparked another UC funds controversy by announcing that the party grants must...
According to quotes from the tape cited by The New York Times, Kennedy is heard speaking with his aides and staffers about the growing tension with Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett over allowing James H. Meredith, a black student, to attend the University of Mississippi...
...Over the past quarter century, the flash point for this tension has been an obscure federal law known as the Solomon Amendment, the brainchild of a conservative New York congressman who was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. And it’s no surprise why: the central purpose of the Solomon Amendment was to increase the role of the military on college campuses...
...wants to jinx the outcome, so no one says a word. "Seven minutes of terror" is how Smith described the communications blackout as the spacecraft passed through the Martian atmosphere. One flight technician fidgeted with his pen. A few others rocked back and forth in their chairs, tension lines webbing their faces. Then came a simple radio burst, indicating Phoenix had reached its destination. Said Michael Wright, who helped design Phoenix's protective heat shield: "Once I heard that ping, everything was okay...