Word: tension
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sphere. Such progeny are likely to be dull and stupid, cherishing rigid forms and traditions. Genius, on the other hand, results from the crossing of dissimilar high mental traits resulting in a complicated psychological structure in which the components of two strongly opposing germ plasms remain in polar tension throughout life. This tension exerts a driving force and produces that instability of temperament, emotional pressure and restive impulsiveness which are the earmarks of genius.-Dr. Ernest Kretschmer, University of Marburg...
Ever since Chinese authorities seized the Soviet-operated Chinese Eastern Railway (TIME, July 22) and expelled Communist agents from Manchuria, Chinese and Russian soldiers have scowled at each other across Manchuria's barren border, fired occasional shots, made desultory raids. Last week tension snapped. Soviet strategists, choosing a moment when civil war wracked half of China, sent four modern divisions, complete with tanks. over the line. Two divisions moved west from Vladivostok, two east from Chita to clamp Manchuria in a Soviet vise...
After the tension of selling had ended, after Panic had taken at least a temporary departure, the chaotic jumble of happenings during the break became gradually clarified. It was possible to begin to summarize, thus...
...started, but the vibrations continued until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It was reported that a house in Malden was damaged by the shaking; and students in the laboratory of the University Museum were able to see the swaying of the towers above the Cruft High Tension Laboratory...
...remarkably leisurely, tranquil play, with none of the rapid pace and high tension upon which many productions rely for their effect. Coming like an old-fashioned waltz in the midst of a jazz program, it takes a little while to become adjusted and for some may seem slow and dull. But for those who can make the transition, there is beauty and wisdom in store...