21.   Officials do not want to further exacerbate tensions by looking like the pawn of a superpower.

22.   Opponents, including President Clinton, said the bill would exacerbate tensions between China and Taiwan.

23.   Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied areas are allocated far less water per capita than Jewish settlers, exacerbating tensions there.

24.   Still, it can exacerbate trade tension between the two countries.

25.   Tensions were exacerbated earlier this month when a drunken U.S. marine entered a local home and allegedly molested a teenage girl.

26.   Tensions were exacerbated in December by an attack on the Indian Parliament for which India blamed Kashmiri militants based in Pakistan.

27.   Tensions were exacerbated after an autonomous Indian government was formed in the region, parallel to the local PRI government.

28.   The fiercer competition has exacerbated old tensions and fueled new ones.

29.   The high-profile failures had exacerbated tensions that had been building for months.

30.   The invitation to participate in political bodies has exacerbated tensions within the Roman Catholic Church here.