Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...roommates and I did not change our house choices on account of your article and I am sure we will be happy wherever we wind up living. Your article, however, only added to the tension and uncertainty of an already tense and uncertain situation. Your article and survey were quite interesting. I only hope that next year, your timing will be more judicious. The reporter with whom I spoke told me that this article has always been done on this day. Perhaps it is another Harvard tradition worthy of change. Betsy J. Facher...
...suffered very much from the tension of our parents," she said. "The lifelong impression was fear and tension...
...nicely poised, sometimes ironic balance of twin protagonists at play in a high-stakes game of blindman's buff gives The Hunt for Red October solid dramatic tension. Still, this obviously could have been a movie in which a lot of people stood around talking in tight spaces; in other words, a movie that refused to move. But screenwriters Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart do not overexplain (or underexplain) either its technology or the intricacies of its far-darting plot. We know all we need to know to keep our bearings and not a monosyllable more. And director John McTiernan...
...lost their Miss California Teen-USA franchise when the agreement came up for renewal. They retaliated with a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the parent firm, Miss Universe Inc. The company denies any ill intent toward the two. But Holt wonders, "Was it jealousy? There's a lot of tension out there." Perhaps so, but winning another rhinestone tiara may take their minds off the stress...
Part Two was playing in Harvard first-seed Mark Baker's court. He lost in five more tension-filled matches to Yale's powerhouse, John Musto...