Today, as it became clear that Mr. Hu and fellow leaders faced public unease and a severe test of their ability to govern well, the front pages of the official People's Daily and other papers all carried a huge, hortatory article with the headline "In the Midst of Disaster, the Unity of the Masses Is an Impregnable Fortress".
Is this the root of the (usually male, let's face it) unease about O'Brien; the worry she might become untethered from the real?
Mr. Saakashvili, who has compared Russia's incursion into Georgia to the Nazi annexations in Europe in 1938 and the Soviet suppression of Prague in 1968, faces domestic unease with his leadership and skepticism about his judgment from Western governments.
As the heads of the major recording labels convened last week in Cannes, France for the annual recording industry conference known as MIDEM, news of 3,000 staff dismissals and the release of 200 artists from their contracts, as the Universal Music Group absorbed PolyGram, added to the uncertainty and unease faced by the attendees.
The Labour government then faced fresh public unease about the direction of the country and a damaging series of strikes during the winter of 1978 1979, dubbed the "Winter of Discontent".
Orientalism does not discuss painting, but its critique provided a framework to understand one's own feelings of unease when faced with images of "odalisques" and slave markets and drug-dealers - the same unease evoked by skewed media representations of Arabs (and Muslims) today.
Faced by such public unease, the bill has been put on hold, but the battle is far from over.
The unease that faced these women, the collective loss of grip, caused them to look for new ways to remain relevant.
"These are elected politicians and they have to face the general unease at home about G.M.O.'s," said a European Union official who asked not to be identified because of the delicacy of the issue.
While he has drawn attention for carefully cultivating his presidential bond, to the point of bringing the president a jar of his favorite Starburst candy, the deluge of investigations Trump faces could cause unease among members of his caucus and force McCarthy to choose between protecting the president or them.
