21.   Tensions escalate, a knife is pulled and Platt dramatically keels over dead.

22.   Tensions escalated in December when a group of terrorists mounted a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament.

23.   Tension escalated when Hodgman pressed the man on whether he would convict Simpson were his guilt proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and the man just as repeatedly equivocated.

24.   Tensions among Republicans escalated two years ago when religious conservatives had their biggest successes, winning control of several state party organizations.

25.   Tensions have been escalating daily since the attack on the Indian Parliament that India blames on Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.

26.   Tensions have escalated in recent days following an attack last week on an Indian army camp in Kashmir by suspected Pakistani-based militants.

27.   Tension escalated while trading in New York was closed for the Martin Luther King holiday yesterday.

28.   Tensions escalated last fall when Continental hired hundreds of permanent replacement workers, and strikers stood outside the factory, calling them scabs.

29.   Tensions quickly escalated and each side sharply accused the other of pro-Taliban leanings.

30.   The romantic tension escalates quickly even while Rick and Lily try to take things slowly.