21.   Abdul Rehman, an APTN journalist, visited the ward in those especially tense days.

22.   During the tense days, the Syrian government never once mentioned the PKK directly.

23.   Gandhi often resorted to fasts to protest the religious riots that erupted in the tense days before partition.

24.   Gandhi, a Hindu, often fasted to protest the religious riots that erupted in the tense days before partition.

25.   In the tense days that followed the shooting, security was significantly heightened at the embassy and most diplomats were flown to neighboring countries.

26.   In the tense days preceding the massacre, it was clear that the forces of the left and the right were heading for a showdown.

27.   It took the crew and ground controllers several tense days to overcome the crisis.

28.   Meanwhile, the political turmoil and the ongoing violence appeared to feed off one another Monday as the region endured another tense day.

29.   The Monday morning explosion followed a tense day Sunday.

30.   These two principal parties were involved in an ugly confrontation just after lunch on a tense opening day.