Word: tensioning
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...single mother and daughter: Esma needs to pay Sara’s imminent school trip fees—a whopping sum of 200 euros—and we see her become increasingly more embarrassed as she asks each of the film’s characters for help. Tension escalates to a fever pitch as Sara questions the identity of her father while the school trip looms nearer. The past is a context, rather than a subject, for the film: Zbanic does not resort to graphic violence in order to hint at the atrocities of the war. We see it reflected...
...lived and reported in Gaza for the past three years. Leaders from both Fatah and Hamas immediately decried the kidnapping, with Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad calling it a "brutal and criminal action, and a shameful action, done by irresponsible people who are trying to create more tension in our society." There are clearly a number of groups seeking to do that, and others seeking to create more tension within Hamas itself. Among them are Hamas militants trying to undercut the efforts of Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal, Hamas's leader in Damascus, to find common ground with Fatah and establish...
...Power of a Positive No, Ury offers guidance on the flip side of reaching an agreement: how to deal with a situation in which you simply want to put your foot down. No is so often hard to say, Ury writes, because it highlights the "tension between exercising your power and tending to your relationship"--in other words, between getting what you want in the short term and keeping everyone happy for interactions down the road. People often err in one direction or the other, prioritizing either the relationship by saying yes when they long to say no or their...
...that moment might finally be coming. Comedy, because it relies on creating and breaking tension, has been one of the main means for minorities to confront America and get away with it. And after 9/11, comedians like the guys in Axis of Evil were politically relevant--whether they liked it or not. For months after the attacks, comedian Dean Obeidallah performed in clubs in New York City as Dean Joseph, using his middle name at the suggestion of a friend and club manager...
...initial, much smaller cascades working—they overheat, they break down,” said Washington Post columnist David R. Ignatius ’73, who is also a Crimson editor. “They can’t run them continuously.” Despite the apparent tension, panelists said the two countries share similar interests. “Who are [Iran’s] top three enemies?” Allison said. “Saddam Hussein? We took him out. The Taliban? We took them out. Bin Laden? We’re going after him. Before...