Sentences with phrase «focal point of tension»

Sexual problems were and are frequently both the focal point of tension and the bearer of destructive feelings.

Not exact matches

This season especially, tension has been the focal point of the atmosphere, and the fans have not only turned on the manager, but on the owners, and a number of under - performing players.

The tensions between parental expectations and students» goals and between teaching test - taking and fostering learning provide focal points of an embedded journalist's chronicle of a year in an academically rigorous public high school.

Once you reach your focal point within your reflex zone of need, you can often feel a tension and a releasing sensation.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.