Word: tensioning
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...There was no great tension and no great accomplishment. There was no swift action on the trade imbalance between the two countries, which tops $200 billion annually. China didn't offer to free up its currency to a level where it could rise against the dollar - and, presumably, make Chinese goods more expensive, American goods cheaper and the U.S. trade deficit lower. All China did was stick by a promise laid out last year to move away from an economy that is export-driven and not consumer-driven and is growing at a torrid 10% annually. The two countries trade...
...CALL YOUR FALL READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION IRREVERENT. WHY? It's a British thing?mixing opposites and getting excited by the masculine-feminine tension. The collection is luxurious and easy to wear at the same time. It's about making an understated statement...
...dream can be so perfect. “Dig deep, but don’t dig too deep,” Diamond pleads, “when it’s late you’ll see the hole is empty and oh so deadly.” This tension between irony and earnestness may be a well-traveled path for indie rock bands, but it’s one that Islands treads remarkably well. They’ve joined the fold of groups that take themselves seriously—and with a cache of material like that presented...
...good time to burn Fred Durst in effigy for having his fourth-rate musical act make a cover of it for “Mission: Impossible 2.” 6. At every extreme close-up of someone sweating profusely. This is either a really silly way to convey tension, or an attempt to bring salophilia into the mainstream. Ving Rhames’ and Voight’s shinier moments count as well. 7. When you see Emilio Estevez. Why? Because he’s Emilio Estevez, son! 8. Every time some technological “marvel” like...
...There are plot holes even in the classic of the genre, “In the Line of Fire.” The difference is that Malkovich and Eastwood were acting. Both sides were attractive and there was real tension and mystery. That was a movie. This is an entertainment. It is a better enterntainment than the Wesley Snipes version of a similar story, “Murder at 1600.” But it is an entertainment none-the-less. Take it as such, and enjoy...