41.   Some fear tensions may rise as Ukraine edges closer to the West, continuing its break from seven decades of dominance by Moscow and centuries under Russian imperial rule.

42.   Still, tensions rose and fell as three levels of consultants got down to the meat of the report.

43.   Tensions had been rising but the attack came without notice after North Korea massed troops, undetected, at the border.

44.   Tensions had risen sharply in the country as it prepared for elections scheduled for July.

45.   Tensions rose among some black voters when Webb, a black Democrat, endorsed Ms. DeGette, who is white, over Rogers, who is black.

46.   Tensions rose Friday after the shooting deaths of three Palestinians by Israeli soldiers at a roadblock outside Jenin, on the West Bank.

47.   Tensions also are rising in northern Iraq following Turkish attacks on Kurdish rebels there.

48.   Tensions rise when a drunken white woman, who hits and kills a black girl roller-skating in Piedmont Park, is acquitted.

49.   Tensions rose Friday in Bombay during a strike called to protest the assassination Thursday of a prominent right-wing politician by unidentified attackers.

50.   Tensions rose last year, however, when the company created Bell Atlantic Plus, a subsidiary in Norfolk, Va.