31.   The tension escalated, and an out-and-out confrontation was narrowly avoided.

32.   The tension quickly escalates when he gets angry with her for not returning a message he leaves on her pager.

33.   Also, tensions escalate when four aid workers are evacuated and the army surrounds U.N. compound in eastern Zaire.

34.   And tensions are escalating.

35.   Arens said Wednesday that Israel would continue such attacks if tensions escalate.

36.   As tensions have escalated in the Middle East, synagogues in Europe, notably in France, have been targeted by attacks.

37.   As tensions have steadily escalated, the world has grown increasingly worried about a fourth confrontation, that could escalate into a nuclear conflagration.

38.   As tensions have escalated residents on both sides of the disputed border have been fleeing.

39.   Asia watches nervously as China-Taiwan tensions escalate.

40.   As tensions have escalated in the Middle East, synagogues in Europe, notably in France, have been targeted, often by arson attacks.