11.   On the day we attended, the atmosphere could be described as civil, but hardly festive.

12.   Overall, senior administration officials described the atmosphere between the lame-duck American president and the new Russian president as correct and businesslike, though not necessarily warm.

13.   Privately, CDC staff members describe an atmosphere of uncertainty.

14.   She described an atmosphere in which racism and shame of Mixtec origins is still strong.

15.   She describes an atmosphere in which the design of buildings was considered in the context of new developments in other fields.

16.   They described the atmosphere in the town as tense and said foreigners are ready to pull out if the situation gets any worse.

17.   A Serbian source close to the talks described the atmosphere inside as better than in recent days, and said the Serb delegation was studying a number of papers.

18.   Buoyed by prospects for a new U.S.-Russia weapons treaty, the ministers uniformly described an atmosphere of goodwill and consensus on the first day of meetings.

19.   Buoyed by prospects for a new U.S.-Russia weapons treaty, the ministers uniformly described an atmosphere of good-will and consensus.

20.   But he described the atmosphere as basically calm, with Eritreans expressing confidence about a possible war.