Word: tensioning
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...molecular scientist at London's prestigious Imperial University, Abdulrazzak was inspired to write about his home country after voting in absentia during Iraq's 2005 elections. The expatriates were "all invested" in the election, says Abdulrazzak. "That was the last moment of hope and I try to capture that tension of feeling...
According to Chief University Planner Kathy A. Spiegelman, an important point of tension lies between the University’s efforts to get the project underway by the end of the calendar year and respond to all of the task force’s comments regarding the DPIR’s content...
...today's golf swing, employed by Tiger Woods and most of his contemporaries, goes against a fundamental understanding in all sports, stretching back to Greek ideals, that the body must act in unison. In the modern swing, the shoulders turn around a stable base like a coiled spring, building tension and potential energy, which unleashes a powerful, unerring ball flight. For years, golfers had turned their upper and lower bodies together, twisting back and then unwinding like a screw. It was a messy affair, which generated minimal power...
...opener, Don't Make Me a Target, is a duel between an optimistic piano and a guitar strummed with such tension that each chord cuts like a serrated tooth on a very long knife. It yields to the euphoric You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb, which like a lot of Daniel songs--he's the chief melody writer, guitarist and lyricist--is about a breakup. But rather than get pinned down by regret ("We lost it long ago, you and me"), Daniel's vocal diverts a few abstract lines in the chorus ("Blow out that cherry bomb...
...parliamentary majority will help see him through: whereas past protests have often forced governments to shelve announced reforms as waffling public opinion began sympathizing with strikers, Duhamel says the new electoral mandate will allow officials to pull together and ride out the storm. "There will be times of tension, and there may even be conflict and controversy, but Sarkozy has between a year and two years to really get things done without the risk of people souring on him," Duhamel notes. "France has not so much evolved to the right, but returned to its traditional position...