1.   Christian Democratic and Free Democratic leaders tried to bridge their differences in a charged meeting Tuesday, but came out of the meeting with no apparent agreement.

2.   He also sent Condoleezza Rice, his foreign-policy guru, to talk to a rather bigger group, in what proved to be a highly charged meeting.

3.   In an interview after the emotionally charged meeting, however, Cooper noted that the laws are not entirely inflexible.

4.   A city famous for its foreign policy edicts pulled back from taking a stand on the conflict in the Middle East after an emotionally charged City Council meeting.

5.   Along with a pilgrimage to the biblical birthplace of Abraham, such a trip would likely include a politically charged meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

6.   The reunions in the North included a politically charged meeting between a former South Korean fisherman and his mother, who traveled from the South.