11.   But the rapid pace of such legislative proposals being thrown at Richardson and his department reflects the charged atmosphere that has gripped Congress over the China spy scandal.

12.   Can the kid keep his cool this week, or will the charged atmosphere set the stage for a difficult baptism?

13.   Few analysts are willing to say much on the record about San Miguel these days because of the charged atmosphere.

14.   Family members asked for peace from the crowd even as they said federal officials would have to enter the highly charged atmosphere to take the boy away.

15.   In a highly charged political atmosphere, the debate has taken a different turn.

16.   In the charged atmosphere of the times, his case came to cut across all lines -- political, religious, racial.

17.   In the highly charged atmosphere, it was never entirely clear which candidate was sympathetic to which particular view.

18.   In the politically charged atmosphere of state government, a sustained downsizing effort might be nearly impossible, he said.

19.   In this charged atmosphere, two sharply different approaches have already emerged as the House moves ahead with a process that is at once quasi-judicial and at once political.

20.   In this charged atmosphere, some securities companies have even found it necessary to insist they are not for sale.