1.   On one occasion, however, things grew tense between them.

2.   Relations had been tense between Arafat and the new Israeli government even before the latest outbreak of violence.

3.   Sandoval, who works for Sprint PCS in Burbank, said he never gave up on the team -- not even when things were tense between Shaquille and Kobe.

4.   ONCE AGAIN emotions are high and relations are tense between the government and opposition parties.

5.   Relations have been tense recently between the United States and China, and President Clinton had scheduled a summit Saturday with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

6.   Relations have become increasingly tense between Israel and Egypt in recent months.

7.   Relations are already tense between Russian troops and residents of the devastated Chechen capital.

8.   The two groups are linguistically and culturally unrelated and relations are tense between the Han and Uighurs, who are blamed for most separatist violence.

9.   However, relations remain tense between Taipei and Beijing, which views Taiwan as a renegade province.

10.   US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday that the situation remained tense between India and Pakistan despite a series of gestures to calm a six-month standoff.