71.   They want a stable, solid Russia here but if ethnic tensions rise much higher that may not be possible.

72.   This, the experts believe, gave Washington and Moscow fewer flashpoints and more time for diplomatic maneuver when tensions rose than India and Pakistan have.

73.   Virtually all investors in China face some political risk, both in China and at home, though many have learned to keep their heads down when tensions rise.

74.   We watch tensions rise as the school draws more nonwhite complexions and new ideas.

75.   Whatever the missile tests really portended, tensions certainly rose.

76.   When Lily sees Gus and Ida, the tension visibly rises.

77.   When tensions rise, the station is large enough to afford some escape.

78.   With tensions rising, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire in Jammu on Friday, killing an Indian civilian and four Pakistani soldiers, officials said.

79.   Yet even as those tensions rise, it seems that efforts to overcome intergroup tension continue in small steps.

80.   Other Afghan civilians crossing into Pakistan reported that tensions were rising in the border town of Spinboldak, where negotiations for a Taliban surrender appeared stalled.