11.   It is an idea that is spreading across the country like a fire on the prairie in these tense times of layoffs, declining wages and fear about tomorrow.

12.   It was a tense time.

13.   It was a tense time at Harvard.

14.   Now it was the fourth quarter, the tense time, when the game often hangs in the balance.

15.   On our Paris trip, the only tense times were when we were hungry and tired and had to make a decision on where to eat.

16.   Our true nature often comes out in these tense times, when our guard is down and our emotions fully exposed.

17.   Some said the reaction reflected a tense time because of congestion at printers nationwide.

18.   Still, the day before the harvest begins is a tense time.

19.   That sort of thing comes in handy at tense times like the Tonys in June.

20.   The flight ban created some tense time for organ procurement workers, who must act quickly to transport donated organs while they are still viable.