Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ironically, the pro-democracy protest succeeded in turning the people against the government and the government against the people. Was the escalation of tension between the government and the people a tactical mistake? If so, should the student movement accept part of the responsibility for the tragic outcome...
...there for me our first year, across the Yard instead of across the hall, when tension grew in my blocking group. And when my mother announced that she was getting married for a third time. And when my estranged father was killed. Her futon was another home to me and my sourcebooks. To divert ourselves from our problems, we would play "Sim City" on her computer--and destroy the cities with robots and aliens as we'd crack up with hysterical laughter...
Limitations on tush space, like any limitations, carry the seeds of political tension. Even in Seattle, which is known as a courteous town, the ferry company's effort to reduce passenger load on Puget Sound commutes apparently provoked a petition that warned against the dangers of "butt police." A commuter told Sanchez that at least passengers hadn't had their backsides measured before being allowed to board. But what if space becomes even scarcer? Someday the prudent immigrant might show up for his citizenship exam not just with his papers in order and his head crammed with facts about...
...side in a picturesque landscape, as though they are pleasantly enjoying each other's company. The peculiarity of this painting, however, lies in the dichotomy in character of the two figures--one being vocal and active, the other mute and passive. This opposition is a source of false tension and unrealized emotion that does not quite work as well as her other paintings. It's quite obvious that May enjoys the underlying significance of her fantasy, yet there exists a gap between her vision and our observation...
...Paul II is going the extra mile for reconciliation in Rumania, abandoning Vatican claims on Catholic property confiscated by Rumania's former communist regime and transferred to Orthodox parishes, and also refraining from visiting Transylvania, where the bulk of the country's Catholic minority reside. But the extent of tension between the Rumania's Orthodox Church and its Catholic minority is underscored by a recent agreement that clergy from the two churches would refrain from trading insults and punches. With much of the Orthodox world perceiving itself as under attack in Yugoslavia, the best the pontiff may be able...