Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...critical taskmasters in jazz. Carter's tyrannical ways were amply demonstrated in her own appearance at the Regattabar last year, when she lambasted her bass player on stage for not getting the changes right. Unlike the poor bassist, Allen was not cowed by Carter's aggressiveness. The level of tension during the London concert at which feed the Fire was recorded actually seemed to stoke her creative furnaces. Her solos are a fascinating commentary on Carter's uniquely expressive vocal style...
These observations are pertinent to the characters' interactions in "Exotica," which partially originated from his interest in the idea of a man driving home the babysitter. "This is the first time that a younger woman will be alone with an older man, and there is an inherent tension in their involvement. It's impossible to be silent during that trip home because it becomes very tense, and so someone has to speak. But what do you speak...
...these arrangements can also sow tension and slow progress, because they tend to unite friends and foes alike in potentially uncomfortable situations. Bell Atlantic and U S West are building separate electronic highways, for example, even as the two firms are allied in a project to provide wireless phone service. Time Warner and TCI are archrivals, yet they have teamed with Sega of America to form the Sega Channel, which could go out over the companies' superhighways. Entanglements like these have given rise to a new term: coopetition. Notes communications consultant Jeffrey Kagan: ``It can be very difficult to share...
...balance to their sexual tension is provided by the stablizing influences of Bonnie James and James L. Shelton as Alberta and Willie. Though the two never meet, they share their wisdom, gained through years of experience, with the impulsive Deedee and Shooter. Each has a secret whose tension adds depth to the pure sexual energy of Norman's script, and brings each act to a dramtic conclusion...
Otherwise, White has not misstepped, either in her choice of this stunning script, her direction of the actors through moments of high tension and comedy, or the silences that can be the most difficult moments of all to fill on a stage...