Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...implications are ominous. Distrust between the black and Hispanic members of crime-redden areas and the white police officers who patrol them runs deep. In the past weeks, tension has gripped these communities, and racial conflicts have escalated. And as protesters stormed City Hall last week with Diallo as their symbol, there was a feeling of desperation. More and more minorities are starting to live in fear--not just of violent crime, but of the officers who are supposed to prevent...
Unfortunately, the two specified not only misrepresent Cultural Rhythms, but they create racial tension and distrust among students who may use The Crimson as their only source of information. Again we remind you that this is an undergraduate student program that is organized by students of many races and cultures. We appeal to you to offer positive support for the hard work of these students and to their dedication to improving intercultural and race relations. NANA E. COLEMAN...
...Unfortunately, the two specified not only misrepresent Cultural Rhythms, but they create racial tension and distrust among students who may use The Crimson as their only source of information. Again we remind you that this is an undergraduate student program that is organized by students of many races and cultures. We appeal to you to offer positive support for the hard work of these students and to their dedication to improving intercultural and race relations...
Both Andre Braugher and Rip Torn deliver excellent performances as Verrett and Grant. Tension results between the two friends when they cannot agree on the best way to combat segregation. Verrett pursues equality with an almost reckless passion, while Grant still hopes to effect change through official channels. This same sort of tension is played out convincingly between Travis and his father, whose concern for Travis' safety makes him a constant check on his son's determined idealism...
...seeks evidence that a drug regularly causes a certain effect. I feel reasonably sure that neither of those evidentiary elements are available in the cases at issue, just as they are unavailable in other cases we read about every day--the Agent Orange case, the high-tension electric wire case, the artificial sweetener case, etc. In all, we are left in limbo as we seek to reach firm conclusions-and in the end the final judges of what took place are lawyers, journalists and the putative victims themselves...