Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Duehay remembers his early years on the citycouncil--the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s--as atime of escalating town-gown tension...
...There's this tension between being an African and also having a new Western identity," Diop says...
Despite claims that video games are useful for venting stress of schoolwork, players were eager to talk about just how competitive the situation can become. They may stay non-physical, but, during gameplay, their emotions run high with tension and potential anger. One anonymous freshman, referring to his roommate, remembers that "the closest I've ever come to killing him was when he beat me at Red Alert." Similar sentiments are echoed by Wei Zhou '01, who emphasizes that "We want to beat the crap out of each other...
Twenty Harvard students pack into a dorm room; males and females pile on couches and crowd together on the floor, yet no textbooks are to be seen and all is ominously silent. With all eyes focusing on the television screen, tension builds as the group anxiously awaits the opening theme song of their favorite nighttime soap. Bound by their loyalty to Fox soaps, students forget their daily differences, neglect important assignments, cancel dates, and sit through 15 minutes of commercials dedicated to acne wash, tampons, and shampoo...
Duehay points to activist Sondra Graham's disruption of the Harvard commencement in 1971 as a perfect example of such underlying racial tension...