Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Coffey, however, minimized any tension between himself and Hyman...
...offensive in Vietnam; black-power protests at the Mexico City Olympics; and a tumultuous presidential campaign. Today we have wars between Kurdish factions that no one can quite tell apart, and a presidential campaign that has generated less interest than any in recent memory. "A lot of tension went out of the news when the cold war ended," contends ABC News president Roone Arledge. "It's not a life-or-death matter whether you watch the news each night." The public's attention is turning from substantive news to celebrity gossip; we've gone from the age of news...
...wandering through territory yet unwritten, her topics varied from Hawaiian mythology to redefining homelands and boundaries for immigrants. She covered the Vietnam war, and the reactions of Asian-American soldiers when faced with an enemy distinguished by their Asian ethnicity. She addressed, in personal and general terms, the tension created within personal ideologies when great forces such as state and ethnicity are obscured. Her subjects were not solely rooted in Asian-American culture; she repeatedly emphasized complete multiculturism of all individuals: "Hear the opera... hear the passover... do you want to hear me yodel? Hear the songs we sang against...
Ever since Jodie Foster faced off against Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, Hollywood has been in love with the image of imperiled Good staring down incarcerated Evil. Just Cause, Copycat and Dead Man Walking all exploit a dramatic tension that is both elemental and cost-efficient; it requires only a bare room and an actor able to summon some malefic grandeur...
Although the Crimson ultimately qualified, the day was not without some tension. Salem State College had a chance to tie the Harvard squad if their number 1 player, who was amongst the days last finishers, shot...