Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three worlds to contend with--Axl and Tansy, the Tiki crew, and Steadman--but in balancing their neuroses, he fails to flesh out their personalities fully. More subtle differences between gender and social class need to be incorporated into the characters' demeanor so that there can be more tension brooding before it explodes. Some of the figures are more exaggerated than need be, while others are so quiet and reserved that their presence isn't felt...
...choreographer, not even dealing with race at all," says Lemon, "and there's buck dancing, which is my history as an African American. Part of us wants to be black and rooted in a black tradition. Another part of us wants to be free. It all creates a wonderful tension for the work...
...feeling you get when you hit a perfect forehand is a great way to get out tension," Huffhines said...
...cops themselves rarely blame the obvious culprit -- the tension of living forever in the cross hairs. Veteran officers and the experts who study them agree that the pressure on police officers actually comes from some surprising sources. The most crushing battles, they argue, often occur not on the streets but in the rundown precinct houses, and the courtrooms, and the $ privacy of their own homes. Too often, police complain, the commanders and commissioners who cops imagined would guide and protect them seem to ignore or betray them instead. "Frequently, officers feel that somewhere on the line between lieutenant and captain...
Financially strapped, the station cut programs in rap and folk music, displeasing many staffers. Students saw racial tension developing over the cuts...