Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...market's extremely fragile," said Peter J. DaPuzzo, manager of the retail equity group at Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. in New York. "Any negative news causes it to break and people to sell out equities. There's so much tension and nervousness, the confidence level is very close to zero...
Despite a racially-tinged incident last winter involving two Harvard football players, Black players and a Black assistant coach said there is no racial tension on the team. And Harvard's only Black head coach agreed with the Administrative Board's decision to require the withdrawal of one player and to put the other on disciplinary probation...
...added, "We have declared that they [the Americans] should not expect us to watch our ships being attacked and other ships remain safe. This is the nature of tension and how it spreads in the region...
...does his movie; Maurice (pronounced Morris) is all high-mindedness and good taste. It has no emotional tension or -- heaven forfend -- strong expression of frustration or need. Occasionally an old pro like Denholm Elliott, Barry Foster or Ben Kingsley disregards directorial discretion and rips into a scene, because that's what actors are supposed to do. The young leading men, though, do not have the confidence or the clout to break through Ivory's enervated politesse...
This has long been a point of tension between writers and broadcasters and has bothered many television viewers as well. But the issue emerged starkly a few days ago, when President Reagan showed up in the pressroom to announce a tentative agreement with the Soviets to reduce intermediate-range nuclear weapons. He had hardly finished when ABC's Sam Donaldson, CBS's Bill Plante and NBC's Chris Wallace simultaneously shouted questions at him for almost 20 seconds, creating an incredible din and an embarrassing spectacle. Reagan had little chance to respond to -- or sort out -- their jabbering. None...