Word: tensioning
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...claustrophobic and intrusive presence of the camera adds a definite tension to the narrative, but this is a film which hangs squarely on its fantastic lead characters. Refusing to play into flimsy stereotypes, both boys’ performances are perfectly eerie: by turns charming and chilling. While the conclusion draws away, both in its narrative and its style, from their perspective (showing the massacre itself through the school’s security cameras) the two remain the beating, bleeding heart of “Zero...
...regard, Harvard should do everything its power to turn sexual intercourse into frivolous fun. We should turn our dorms into the sexual playpens of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” where students can engage in hetero- and homoerotic activity to release tension before they are drugged off to sleep to get ready for the tough day of work ahead...
...that the tension and rivalry of the hostage crisis are over, the television networks are examining their own performances. Even the most gung ho among them admit to some doubts. Anchors, cameramen, reporters worked long hours, often in dangerous circumstances, yet some of the response seems less out of gratitude than concern over television's excesses. Savoring the drama, the public was also concerned about the national interest...
...public figures into quotable answers, while their guests, grateful for the exposure, grin back at their tormentors. This time guests responded with some asperity. Shultz warned his questioners about "daring" Reagan, "as you are doing here." Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, speaking from Israel, accused the press of creating tension that didn't exist between the U.S. and Israel. Diplomatic guests were invited to concede that the maneuvers were all "phony talk" and charades. The day the hostages' release was announced, ABC's Sam Donaldson tried to bait former Undersecretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger: "The terrorists won, right?" Many viewers...
Regan has indeed kept his wit. After a newspaper story last week reported "tension" between him and Bush, Regan remarked to the Vice President, "You and I have to cut out this feuding." Bush asked what it was they were feuding about. "I'm not sure over what, but it's in the paper," said Regan. Later, visiting Reagan in his hospital bed, Regan told him, "Mr. President, you've got to tell George to stop picking on me," before showing Reagan the story and assuring him that there was nothing to it. Regan's joshing approach defused in advance...