21.   The president, and his hand-picked mediator, Bill Usery Jr., only heightened the tension by putting off their Solomonic judgment until today.

22.   They defuse tensions by having sex.

23.   They give us the chance to release tension by having a good cry, to flirt, kiss and get disgusted.

24.   They expect a national test would only increase that tension by pitting one school against another.

25.   Veteran conductor Jeffery Craig Papp tried to defuse the tension by issuing apologies for the screwup of the Joint Powers Board.

26.   Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has gone to great lengths to reduce the tension by suppressing Islamic movements implicated in terrorist acts in Kashmir ....

27.   Palestinian negotiator Hassan Asfour said Israel was to blame for the violence, saying Netanyahu raised tensions by not releasing prisoners and continuing to expand Jewish settlements.

28.   Palestinian officials accuse Israel of inflaming tensions by renewing its policy of targeted killings of militants.

29.   Palestinians recently complained that Israel has escalated tensions by increasing its armed presence in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

30.   Palestinian negotiator Hassan Asfour said Netanyahu had raised tensions by not releasing prisoners and continuing to expand Jewish settlements.