41.   The key to defusing the situation after that is establishing trust and respect, he said.

42.   The influence of Russia and France, urging Hussein not to shut the door on the U.N., could defuse the situation, Nesbitt said.

43.   The vague, face-saving agreement was enough, however, to defuse a situation that earlier in the day seemed about to erupt in violence.

44.   They are known as specialists, frequently asked to defuse a situation by getting one key out.

45.   They offer the bandits their trucks if that will help defuse the situation.

46.   Thomas decided to defuse the situation by pulling out a book she recently received from her stepson.

47.   Tossing the body into the harbor, where the crabs will dine on the evidence, the youngsters speed off in the belief that they have defused the situation.

48.   Turning tables right and left, Roman fires his expertise at defusing such situations back at besieging law enforcers.

49.   Weaver, an increasingly paranoid, radical ideologue convinced that the federal government was evil, was cut off from negotiations that could defuse the situation.

50.   With his usual quiet demeanor, Shanahan still has yet to detail how he defused the situation.