Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Johannesburg last week was most notable for its failure to include its two main rivals: < Inkatha, the Zulu-based organization led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who heads a Pretoria-created homeland; and the Pan-Africanists, an A.N.C. splinter group that seeks to crush white "colonialists." Much of the tension stems from the A.N.C.'s insistence that it alone can negotiate on behalf of blacks...
...whole matter is heavy with irony. First Germany brought World War II to Europe. Then its defeat led to 44 years of postwar tension. Now events in that same nation are complicating the effort to end the division of the Continent as a whole. Because of the German question, the world is stuck in the pre- post-postwar era, which is neither a felicitous phrase nor a welcome state of affairs...
Equally, though, Shepard is concerned with the position of art in the capitalist economy. This tension and his concern with his own mortality are what evoke Wheeler's statement, "Creation is a disease...
...accusations. There is so little emotion in her portrayal of Beatrice that when she reveals the incest forced upon her by her father, one may be uncertain of exactly what has happened to her. Were it not for Shelley's plot summary in the opening scene, the main tension of the play might go undiscovered...
That survey also found that 69 percent of those surveyed said roommates were the most important factor in choosing a house. Full randomization could only ease the tension in rooming groups and allow students to room with people with whom they feel comfortable, instead of those who are willing to go to the Quad or go for a particular reputation...