Word: tensioning
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...minutes had no action at all, just dialogue and scene setting, building suspense and establishing a world. That was a radical idea for a video game, but what followed was even more radical: Half-Life had actual characters whom you cared about and a plot with genuine dramatic tension. When it was released in 1998, Half-Life shocked the industry, sold 8 million copies and won 50 "game of the year" awards. Half-Life 2, released last fall, has already sold millions of copies...
Dennis L. Irish, a city councillor in Worcester, which directly elects its mayor, said that Cambridge’s proposed model could easily cause tension between the mayor and the city manager...
...recently passed a bill ending split-ticket voting for UC President and Vice President. Ultimately, it’s most important for the top executives on the UC to share a positive working relationship and an at least somewhat unified vision for the Council. There should be a creative tension between the UC President and Vice President, but that tension must exist within a milieu of mutual respect and a common set of priorities. Single-ticket voting will ensure that the President and the VP are ready to work together from the beginning...
...Schools have always collided with a small percentage of mothers and fathers. But the message from Australian staff rooms in all types of schools - primary and secondary, public and private - is that tension between teachers and parents is rising. According to teachers, parents see a world that's getting faster, more complicated and less forgiving, and figure their children's best chance of making it out there is to shine, from kindergarten onward, in everything they do. These high expectations can fuse with the view that no setback is ever just bad luck: it's always somebody's fault - though...
RESIGNED. FATHER THOMAS REESE, 60, oft-quoted editor of the Jesuit weekly America, after years of tension with the Vatican doctrinal office run by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; in New York City. A source close to America says Ratzinger's office demanded that Reese, who sometimes aired liberal views, be axed. The Jesuit spokesman in Rome says Reese made his decision solo, after Ratzinger was elected Pope...