31.   Clinton spent the week leading up to the summit involved in tense Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David.

32.   Following more than four hours of tense negotiations, Savelyev replaced Nystrom in the besieged Volvo sedan.

33.   He had hoped to create a more friendly atmosphere around otherwise tense negotiations.

34.   Later, a flight attendant left the plane during tense negotiations.

35.   King of Prussia-based Zany Brainy, which is in tense financial negotiations, said it could not make a top executive available for an interview.

36.   Reuters, the financial news and information provider, reached a tentative settlement Thursday with the union representing its U.S. employees after two years of often tense negotiations.

37.   Some demonstrators with sticks threatened the soldiers, who opened fire after a period of tense negotiations.

38.   The conversations took place during tense negotiations to form a coalition government after the elections last March.

39.   The announcement came a day after the government cut a deal with the opposition, capping days of tense negotiations.

40.   The country owes Russia hundreds of millions of dollars for gas supplied in previous years, and the two sides regularly conduct tense negotiations over payment of the debt.