Sentences with phrase «palpable tension at»

But a palpable tension at least among some people around both men underscores efforts to transform Buffalo's Rust Belt image.

There was palpable tension at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State today as some indigenes of the ancient city attacked persons believed to be indigenes of Osun over issue of ownership of the institution.

There is palpable tension at Owode - ede, a town in Osun State, as residents protested the death of an undergraduate, identified as Segun, who was crushed by...

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On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 — on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

The court proceedings created palpable tensions around all over in the morning as the security was beefed up at the premises of the court to forestall any breakdown of law and order.

The palpable tension in the room erupted into a roar of mixed jubilation and relief about 45 minutes after the polls closed, as Rosendale Democratic Committee chair John Schwartz burst through the door after monitoring the vote tally at the Recreation Center to announce that Hughes had prevailed: «We won!

There was palpable tension Tuesday morning as personnel of the Lagos State Task Force clashed with some hoodlums at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos state.

If Spielberg struggles to create a palpable tension from Graham's travails as a woman struggling to achieve the respect that her position should afford her, it has little to do with Streep's performance, all stiff cheekbones, barely stifled anxiety, and delightful, at times incredibly suspenseful fluttering diction.

Yet once said surprise is introduced, Awake once again finds itself at loose ends, failing to generate any palpable tension from its scenario, as well as positing absurd conceptions of the afterlife and offering up monotonous inner dialogue from Christensen that makes one want to assume a state of mind opposite to the film's title.

Compounded with the question of Boyd's testimony, the search for JT builds a palpable tension in the film that has the potential to be broken at any moment, should Boyd, Owen or Bill tell the truth about their involvement in the tragedies.

Poulter is responsible for the comedic elements that ease the palpable tension among the audience at times.

One brother brings home somebody he picked up at a disco, raising the palpable sexual tension among the siblings almost to the boiling point.

The structure is neatly wedged between the floor and ceiling, and at nearly eleven feet tall, it bows with a palpable tension.

As soon as I begin to speak about SRLs at legal conferences, the tension is palpable — on faces, in body language, in the air.

While no one is predicting such an event at this time, rising political and economic tensions around the world are palpable.