21.   The conflict is becoming fierce.

22.   The conflict can become intense.

23.   This conflict had obviously become far too complex to be talked about outside the White House Situation Room, or possibly the Harvard Faculty Club.

24.   When the conflicts between the two became intolerable, Verlaine attacked and nearly killed his friend, and this act of madness cost him two years in jail.

25.   After independence the Angolan conflict became a proxy battle between Cold War superpowers.

26.   After the intense fights of last fall and winter, the Chechen conflict has become a cycle of near-daily ambushes and small attacks.

27.   He said conflict had become a way of life in Angola.

28.   International aid workers say they fear the conflict has become increasingly ethnically oriented, forcing civilians to flee because of ethnicity.

29.   More clashes are likely in coming weeks as conflict becomes more common in the new legislature.

30.   The conflicts can become deadly.