11.   Tempers are fraying across Serbia after more than two months of daily demonstrations against Milosevic and his annulment of opposition victories in local elections in November.

12.   Tempers are fraying across Serbia after more than two months of daily demonstrations against Milosevic and his annulment of opposition victories in local elections last November.

13.   The move surprised most people, and tempers frayed as lines of cars, trucks and tractors grew on the Kosovo side.

14.   The umpires have been telling this to players whenever tempers have frayed.

15.   As tempers frayed, LDP deputy Nikolai Lysenko snatched the cross of reformist and defrocked priest Gleb Yakunin, saying he no longer had the right to wear it.

16.   Company official Victoria Kolleintseva conceded tempers were fraying.