Word: high tension
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Decherd was president of the 100th guard at The Crimson. While tension among executives ran feverishly high in previous executive boards of The Crimson, Decherd was known as a straight-shooting, nice guy responsible for a peaceful board...
...Stretching string players and puffing wind players provided little visual contrast to Lin as he leaned and swayed with his violin, and the stage seemed a kinesthetic blur of motion as the insistent, piercing violin relentlessly piled the tension higher. Huge silences punctuated the cadenza; Lin masterfully made the gaping gaps of sound as arresting and palpable as his pure high melodies or mellifluous low phrases. He dared the orchestra to return after the end of his virtuosic turn with cleanly executed runs of eighth notes, and the first movement ended shortly thereafter...
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...
...Tension is still running high in the province. In a statement claiming responsibility for the murder of Treanor, the L.V.F. warned, "This is not the end." And the hard men from the Irish National Liberation Army sprayed a Protestant home in rural Newtonbutler with gunfire on New Year's Day. But if the leaders of the mainstream republican and unionist parties continue to stay calm, then 1998 for Northern Ireland might just end up brighter than it began...
...Albert Hackett is back on Broadway, fresher and more moving than one might ever have expected. Credit goes largely to adapter Wendy Kesselman, who has removed some of the sentimental uplift and restored a firm sense of time and place, and to director James Lapine, who keeps the tension high and emotions real...