1.   Despite the highly charged emotions, the two-hour debate was mostly polite.

2.   It was a day of charged emotions, stiff resistance by Democrats and arcane procedural struggles.

3.   The discordant din of criticism reflects the charged emotions surrounding nuclear energy issues as well as unresolved scientific controversies about the possible dangers of low-level radioactivity.

4.   Too many racially charged emotions had been invested in Tawana Brawley.

5.   A change of atmosphere usually dispels the highly charged emotions endemic in the old venue.

6.   Despite the charged emotions behind the issue, observers say there is little likelihood of violence whichever way the vote turns out.