Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Clearly, the graduate school managed before we got there," Moore said yesterday. "It isn't as if we worked great miracles. We succeeded in reducing the atmosphere of tension that was there before...
...dance on February 19 is only part of the issue. Whether a gay student was pushing too hard for another man to dance with him or whether the other men involved were oversensitive and ended up harassing the gay student, the reaction to the incident shows how much underlying tension exists about homosexuality on campus...
...demonstrated by the continuing public trial of former marine lieutenant colonel Oliver North, the tension between maintaining a democratic rule of law and adequate secrecy for national security purposes remains unresolved...
Defending his tactics, King writes "It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent-register may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word 'tension...
...Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood," King said...