Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of problems have plagued the department throughout the year, including frequent changes in leadership, a tension-filled police force and an incessant demand for more community involvement...
...summer was one of tension in Israel. Abu-Ghaida was riding in a public bus when she heard that a Palestinian man had caused another bus elsewhere in the country to drive off the road. Speaking Hebrew and travelling as a foreign national, Dina--which is one of the most popular Israeli names--was able to see a side of Israelis that is invisible to most Palestinians...
...other ways, too, Washington's plans to help recast the Middle East order have been frustrated. Iraq remains a source of tension. Arab-Israeli peace efforts are foundering. And the Arab states that pulled together against Saddam have returned to quibbling among themselves. For all the brilliant clarity of the allies' military victory, the peace has produced a murky landscape. Among the reasons...
...paper's stumbles appear to be the result of tension between its reputation for prudence and cautious news judgment and its recent attempts to develop a more with-it image. Since he took charge in 1986, Frankel has tried to liven up the 140-year-old paper with more flavorful writing and beefed-up coverage of sports and city news. But the Times has also been giving more prominent play to softer features, such as a piece last week on how celebrities are dealing with a local strike of apartment-building doormen...
Eggar and choreographer Christine Van Kipnis write in the program notes: "Our intent is not to realistically portray any particular time period or location; rather we are using dance, drama and music to reflect on and explore different aspects of social tension." The problem is that nothing short of a new script can release the story from its period setting. No matter how dark and violent Van Kipnis and Eggar choose to make the story, stylized fight choreography will always evoke memories of Robin kapowing the Riddler in the old Batman series. And the war council in Doc's drug...