1.   Chainsaw guitars and dreamy vocals make for a volatile cocktail which when mixed leaves a sweet taste.

2.   Given the volatile cocktail of Balkan politics, Western diplomats are loath to argue that Milosevic will accept any defeat or humiliation.

3.   It was a reckless combination, the lawyers say, because it produced a volatile psychotropic cocktail that drove their client mad.

4.   Taken together, the drought, the fires and the economic crisis threaten to create a volatile cocktail of political tension.