At this level there is a fundamental tension between stability and creativity within organizations.

A tight real estate market heightens more fundamental tensions at the heart of the case.

This is because there is a fundamental tension involved.

It is a tension fundamental to American life, a crucial component of the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.

"Since the beginning, a fundamental tension has existed between education and service," Dr. Ludmerer said.

The fundamental tension surrounding this case is between white police officers and black communities.

For her there was a fundamental tension between social expectation and personal fulfillment.

The case, which received national attention, spoke to the fundamental tension that arises when the law crosses paths with private discussions.

Yet there is a fundamental tension between the law on one hand and the police on the other.

Despite the differences, each approach, values evangelicalism and legal secularism, is trying to come to terms with the same fundamental tension in American life.