Word: tenuous
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...looked distinctly out of place amid the blue jeans that dominated the tenant forum.) And when the CCA is liberal, it is because its members are looking out for others. The tenants will stay radical; they're looking out for themselves. Even the bridges between the two groups are tenuous. Though David Sullivan led all CCA candidates at the polls two years ago, there were more than a few people accusing him of going to extremes when he tried to tighten the condo restrictions this spring...
...scene is thus set for what could have been an absorbing examination of the explosively tenuous relationships between the "troppo" men and Sister Langtry. But McCullough continually breaks the old Expos rule: She insists upon "telling, not showing" the complexities underlying her characters...
...makes them that much more interesting. The desire for power dominates Des, consumes him; he revels in bureaucratic wars as well as more public displays of his control. Yet the genius of De Niro's Des is that he knows how badly he wants power, and he senses how tenuous his position might be--in both practical and moral terms. Perhaps that is why Des spends so much time cleaning his hands; he knows what he is trying to remove, but his ambition will not let him do it. Very few actors can exploit this internal tension the way that...
...three on going heroes of note in American fiction have succeeded in a variety of styles. Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman (Zuckerman Unbound) is famous; Updike's Harry Angstrom (Rabbit Is Rich) shuttles prosperously from Toyota dealership to marriage bed; and Thomas Berger's hefty and tenuous moralist, Carlo Reinhart, now 54, has risen above his customary blundering to become an Ohio Quixote tilting at Cuisinarts. Indeed, the redoubtable lummox actually triumphs over fate, women and his amazing girth...
...contest started out slow, with both sides struggling to gear up on offense. The Crimson held Army scoreless through the first half, but could only manage a field goal for itself, retiring to the locker room with a tenuous 3-0 lead...