Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Heavy fundraising to pay for the move brought new tension with the organization's graduate board. Some students feared the alumni would demand too much control in return for the money...
...there was some sort of tension at times," Rosen said. "The control board in its responsibilities can be critical of what you produce, and that can be adversarial...
High drama? Tension you could cut with a knife? Not exactly...
Increasing the tension level were fears that dissent could turn into violence. Islamic fundamentalists who are seeking to overthrow Mubarak warned delegates not to come to Cairo. In response, the government deployed a 14,000- strong police force with the sole assignment of protecting the expected 20,000 conference participants. But no one could guarantee peace in the streets -- or any kind of meaningful consensus inside the meeting hall...
Sometimes it took more than a camera and camaraderie to get through the work. Marijuana, known locally as dagga, is widely available in South Africa. Carter and many other photojournalists smoked it habitually in the townships, partly to relieve tension and partly to bond with gun-toting street warriors. Although he denied it, Carter, like many hard-core dagga users, moved on to something more dangerous: smoking the "white pipe," a mixture of dagga and Mandrax, a banned tranquilizer containing methaqualone. It provides an intense, immediate kick and then allows the user to mellow out for an hour...