1.   And so the tension of the impasse grows each day at a sensitive time for the league.

2.   And that comes at a sensitive time, as US-brokered peace negotiations between Israel and Arafat are to resume.

3.   At such a sensitive time, tone is important.

4.   Attention to the suit comes at a sensitive time for Raytheon, whose new chief executive, Daniel Burnham, has pledged to decentralize decision making at the company.

5.   Borg has joined the museum at a particularly sensitive time.

6.   A lovely word seldom heard in these linguistically sensitive times except in the context of voyages and thoroughbreds.

7.   According to several diplomats, French Defense Ministry officials told European officials that this was too sensitive a time to publicize results that would be damaging to the Iraqis.

8.   Bradley applied to the Air Force reserve at a sensitive time.

9.   Charity Dennis, a State Department spokeswoman, said she had no information on why Jackovich was in Washington at such a sensitive time in Bosnia.

10.   Construction of the pipeline comes at an especially sensitive time, as temperatures around the state inch up and aquifer levels steadily drop.