1.   Holding monetary growth so low virtually dooms the United States to stagnant wages and social tensions.

2.   The economic crisis was accompanied by mounting social tension.

3.   The guidelines reflect a growing concern among ministers that the planned escalation of the programme could spark severe social tensions.

4.   The high motivation, skills and adaptability of the new arrivals create social tensions that will be expressed in economic jealousy.

5.   These weighed as heavily in the social balance as the areas of social tension like Galicia.

6.   What small political influence it possessed was confined to the immediate post-war years of social tension, inflation and unemployment.

7.   The issue dominated parliamentary business for the whole month, against a background of worsening economic crisis, strikes and growing social tension.

8.   With high unemployment levels and rising social tension, Mitterrand, the Prime Minister, Edith Cresson, and the PS had unprecedentedly low opinion poll ratings.

9.   Besides that period of social tension, Mr. Marcus says, it was during the Depression when he learned his most valuable lessons.

10.   But for all the social tension crackling through his music, Springsteen has been a notably circumspect man.