Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than 1 million Americans who crowded the beaches and causeways around the Kennedy Space Center last week, and for millions of other Americans clustered around TV sets, the tension was palpable. As the countdown clock flashed out the number of seconds until lift-off, the eyes of an entire nation focused on Launch Pad 39-B and the gleaming white shuttle Discovery, flanked by its two solid rocket boosters and clinging to the side of the giant, rust- colored external fuel tank. In the minds of many, however, another vision intruded: the hellish yellow-orange burst in the middle...
During Gemayel's tumultuous tenure, the presidency has been reduced to little more than a symbol of Lebanese sovereignty. Nonetheless, most Lebanese would rather preserve the symbol than suffer a relapse into violence and anarchy. As tension mounted last week, gunmen once again fired mortars and machine guns across the "green line" separating Christian and Muslim Beirut. Renewed fighting between the rival Shi'ite Muslim organizations -- Amal, supported by Syria, and the Islamic fundamentalist Hizballah, backed by Iran -- is also a prospect. Last week three Amal militia commanders were killed in an ambush south of Beirut, presumably by Hizballah gunmen...
Launch, at 11:37 a.m. EDT, came only after NASAwaived weather guidelines to allow for flightthrough some lighter-than-usual Florida winds. The98-minute delay simply heightened the tension asNASA unveiled a spaceship that underwent more than400 modifications since the Challenger flight...
...delight of the approxiamtely 250,000people gathered on river banks and highways and anecstatic NASA team in Launch Control, Discoverylifted off its seaside pad and streaked intocloudy skies. It remained in view less than a halfminute, but the tension was considerable and thesight was unforgettable...
...students are as diverse as their courses. Divinity school graduate degree candidates represent more than 40 religions. Tolerance, not tension, is the norm, said Admissions Officer Ann Romberger, a 1986 graduate...