In a speech in August 1969, he said inflation had "caused severe social and economic damage" and "had a socially disintegrating effect through its tendency to escalate group tensions".
Skillfully mixing spoken word with contemporary and Haitian folkloric dance, the show addresses color prejudice, assimilation, and the many meanings of possession, more concerned with intra-group tension than external oppression.
The sample was 40 women (n=40; age 20.4±1.9; 22.5±5.7), divided into two groups: tension headache (case group) and healthy group (control group).Inclusion criteria were: presenting TTH or not.
For example, even after the immediate conflict is over, and groups have returned to their home areas, persistent mistrust, suspicion, and inter-group tension can undermine efforts to re-build local institutions, which is necessary to secure lasting peace.
Yet for all of the competing groups' tension and animosity, there were surprisingly few cases of outright violence reported by the police.
Other forces driving persecution include authoritarian regimes restricting the activities of particular faith groups, tensions between groups coming into contact as a result of migration and displacement, and declining tolerance and pluralism in some parts of the world.
Such inter-group tensions were hardly new: ever since Britain left its former colony, political parties have used ethnic resentments to gain votes, while PAS sought to turn Malaysia into an Islamic state.
In doing this there is also potential for multicultural place-making to intensify the existing intra- and inter-group tensions.
While Malaysia's model of multiculturalism is based on policies that have been instituted to manage inter-group tensions, prevent violence, and pursue social justice between the ethnic groups as a result of its past, Singapore's model is guided by pragmatic realism and market fundamentals associated with the needs of a global city.
It is important to point out that within these groups, tensions exist on 'representations' and language to discuss LBGT identity in the country.
Elsewhere, Joan has noted: "Had we made a lot of money and the group had tension and competition and strange stuff go down, we probably wouldn't be great friends".
