Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...play is about intersections and contrasts: male and female, old and young, history and future. It is an ambitiously tricky play for any cast, relying on chemistry and tension to hold it together through emotionally charged exchanges. Fortunately, this cast has most of the right stuff to pull...
...floated the idea of pledging to serve only one term. But it's unlikely he would want to render himself a lame duck before he's inaugurated. Dan Quayle makes the top tier because of his prior service and ties to the religious right. However, the real tension so far, and probably the real contest as the battle progresses, is between Dole and Gramm...
...provocative foreword by Dante's doyen John Freccero is as much troubling as it is enlightening. Freccero makes some insightful observations, most notably about the tension between characters 'historical identities and their allegorical functions in the Comedy but his treatment of the administration of justice in hell is not fully developed...
...Back in the late 60s there was tension. It started to get a little rough," Goulopoulos says. "People who don't know the neighborhood seem to think it's a dangerous neighborhood...
...first chapter of the handbook, Professor of Sociology Mary C. Waters analyzes the state of race relations at Harvard and considers what steps the College should take in order to alleviate racial tension on campus. Her essay, appearing once again in the handbook, does an excellent job of explicating the current situation. It offers a cogent explanation of how diversity brings with it certain new challenges. But its recommendations regarding how to deal with racism on campus are problematic...