Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brawley affair was not an isolated event. Sharpton has repeatedly employed the same techniques: he searches out alleged victims of racial violence, designates himself as their spokesperson and does what he can to stir up racial tension...
...reality, though, Sharpton has built his reputation by fanning the flames of racial tension and anger, not by improving the situation of Blacks. Instead of confronting racists and bigots with "brotherly love," as King did, Sharpton and his followers rally behind the slogan of "No justice, no peace"--the threat of violence always lurking in the shadows...
...same time, the jailers know that prisoners need incentives for good behavior. Florida's Singletary favors 75% sentences for those of the 53,000 prisoners in his system who "work off" days by doing construction work, cleaning parks and performing other outside tasks. It not only lessens tension within the prison but also addresses the problem of idleness...
That mix of confusion and spellbinding tension is Pinter's trademark: it is never quite clear what is happening, but whatever it is, it is urgently important. The menacing mysticism reaches a peak in No Man's Land, a series of drawing-room encounters soured by a barroom aura of impending rough-and- tumble. Like most great playwrights, Pinter keeps writing the same work. No Man's Land is The Homecoming with fancier furniture, Old Times with more recherche recollections, The Birthday Party with a gentler goon squad. It is also, from a playwright generous to actors, the showiest acting...
Kean College, where the speech was given, has a history of racial tension, including an alleged incident in which students screamed "Kill Whites...