21.   After high tensions with China over Taiwan earlier this year, the Clinton administration has been trying to improve its relations with Beijing.

22.   After rising in January and February, exports to the U.S. leveled off amid the threat of trade tension with the U.S., while shipments to Europe soared.

23.   But it should be accompanied by more pressure on India to exercise nuclear restraint and defuse tensions with Pakistan.

24.   But instead of toppling pins, the tejo explodes pink triangles of gunpowder, shattering the tension with a bang.

25.   But tensions with large trading partners like Japan could be revived.

26.   But neither bill eases the tensions with the White House, since the president has promised to veto both because they include numerous provisions that he opposes.

27.   But tensions with Moscow ran high until last February when an agreement was signed giving Tatarstan sovereignty within the Russian federation.

28.   But the efforts to strike a deal were clearly a source of tension with the Bush team.

29.   But the new provision may also plant the seeds of new American tensions with China.

30.   But the telecommunications bill raised tensions with some urban Democrats who said they wanted similar treatment and complained of being left out of the process.