The safest way to dispel tension in a wife-owned business, experts say, is through a division of labor.
There are plenty of "jokes" on a porno set, and there is much raucous mirth to dispel tension.
In recent months, he has worked to dispel tension between himself and other executives, particularly his successor at ABC Studios, Mark Pedowitz.
Perhaps to counter Dean's despair over the recession and local provincialism (and maybe dispel tension stemming from his growing bedroom adventurousness), the prim Jessica gives a barbecue, not anticipating the rancor prompted by Charlotte (Mélisa Breiner-Sanders), Dean's visiting high school friend, who lives in Oregon with her husband, Walt (Conan McCarty).
Perhaps to counter Dean's despair over the recession and local provincialism (and maybe dispel tension stemming from his growing bedroom adventurousness), the prim Jessica gives a barbecue, not anticipating the rancor prompted by Charlotte (M?sa Breiner-Sanders), Dean's visiting high school friend, who lives in Oregon with her husband, Walt (Conan McCarty).
Ms. Uchida used rubato on a grand scale, and if that isn't what you expect in Mozart playing these days, it can be supremely effective when a pianist uses it, as Ms. Uchida did, to create and dispel tension in surprising and deeply expressive ways.
Humour dispels tension at least as effectively as a good cry.
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, met here on Thursday to try to dispel the tensions of recent days, and they recommitted themselves to refrain from acts that would prejudice a final peace treaty while they try to negotiate one, officials from both sides said.
Without condescending to its characters or becoming overtly political, the beautifully acted film distills antagonistic red-state, blue-state attitudes with a sad understanding that no amount of polite walking on eggshells can dispel the tension between them.
They say they need to purchase "pure water"—ubiquitous bags of filtered water that serve as one of many euphemisms for bribe money.A few hundred naira is usually enough to grease the wheels, but one's attitude can wildly shift the outcome of the exchange: perceived rudeness can up the amount into the thousands and, by contrast, a wave and simple "thank you" can quickly dispel any tension.
