1.   Also, he would be much better-equipped to talk your way out of a tense encounter.

2.   For workers and managers, the return to the workplace provided ample opportunities for occasionally tense encounters.

3.   Survive in Arizona, and then Miami is at Texas Stadium in only four days after a tense AFC East encounter today with New England.

4.   The scenario escalates into a tense encounter with the law, a wild rave, a drug overdose, some gunplay and a hit-and-run accident.

5.   The question of precisely what Romney said, in that tense encounter on a cold winter morning, was debated for at least a week in Utah.

6.   There are tense encounters between Republicans and Democrats, absolute declarations of faith from some Democrats, but also fretful questioning among others.

7.   A British pool reporter described a tense encounter at the airport when Russian forces, supported by Serbs, initially tried to bar British forces from the airport.

8.   A British pool reporter described a tense encounter when Russian and Serb troops initially tried to bar British forces from the airport.

9.   A British pool reporter described a tense encounter when Russian and Serb troops initially tried to bar British forces from the airport on Saturday.

10.   A British pool reporter described a tense encounter when Russian forces, supported by Serbs, initially tried to bar British forces from the airport.