31.   Serbian translators, using megaphones, tried to defuse the situation by telling those inside to give up.

32.   Seeking to defuse the situation, the authorities reversed themselves and authorized the march.

33.   So, to defuse the situation, the Honduran players were joined by their coaches, trainers and reserves on the field and they sang their anthem a capella.

34.   Some of the observers, hoping to defuse the situation, begged Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to come to the scene, but he refused.

35.   Sponsors of the bill said they believed more respectful behavior among students would help defuse situations that in several cases have led to violence, even death.

36.   Some even laughed and wished me luck in defusing the situation.

37.   State employers also would be able to transfer either batterers or their victims to defuse violent situations.

38.   That usually defused the situation.

39.   The answers lie in the overwhelming economic incentives and in apparent pressure from China to defuse the situation in hopes of speeding the withdrawal of the American presence.

40.   The girls went around the circle devising ways to defuse the situation.