11.   The Miami Beach reunion came after several tense days of negotiations and one aborted attempt at bringing the warring sides of the Gonzalez family together.

12.   The standoff was part of a tense day here.

13.   The tense day on campus followed the announcement Monday that accreditation had been revoked by the national Council on Chiropractic Education.

14.   The speculation added drama to an already tense day at the Capitol.

15.   This tense final day comes after the pope avoided politics in a visit Saturday to Nazareth, another site of religious confrontation.

16.   Throughout a tense day of confrontation, the Ethiopian soldiers were generally on the sidelines, slumped in wooden chairs or milling about, looking more frightened than disciplined.

17.   What was supposed to be a routine three-day job turned into eight tense days for the family.

18.   When Truman decided in favor of immediate recognition of Israel, Clifford said, there were some tense days until Marshall relented.

19.   Prime Minister Jean Chretien pledged during the final tense days of the referendum campaign that he would seek special status for the province.

20.   Police fired as street fighting broke out after a tense day of clashes.