1.   Bailiffs were called, but tensions subsided and Sherer was allowed to stay.

2.   But the tension has not subsided.

3.   But these tensions subsided when the subjects were put at ease and believed they were being judged fairly, even when the judgments were harsh.

4.   He does not seem to have solved the issue of the Russian deployment there, which local Albanians vigorously oppose, but the tension has subsided.

5.   Since then, the tension has subsided greatly, on both sides.

6.   Tensions subsided, but both countries were shaken by the crisis, which included the dispatch of American naval forces to waters off Taiwan.

7.   To be sure, any boost the dollar received from the row is likely to wane if tension between the two countries subsides.

8.   Hutu-Tutsi tensions had subsided after Antoine Nduwayo, a Tutsi, was sworn in as prime minister last week.

9.   In a Wednesday meeting with Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Qian indicated the tension was subsiding.

10.   Initial tensions quickly subsided.