51.   If the tension of competition lures them, then they were all drawn into their own game by the fifth inning.

52.   In a tacked-on courtroom ending that George Eliot never imagined, he even manages to offset the tension of the moment with a practical joke.

53.   In mosques and marketplaces in Egypt this week, people juggled the tensions of recent months with the holiday spirit under the gaze of state security agents.

54.   In the crush and tension of a World Series, Torre had put the two right-handed hitters in the lineup against John Smoltz, a superb right-handed pitcher.

55.   In the tale of the tension of reassembling a typically fragmented American family under her roof, Ms. Sweeney finds her metier.

56.   In the tension of being in contention in a major tournament for the first time, he had a strange night of sleep.

57.   In this context, the tensions of recent years between Washington and Beijing may be reduced by multinational management of common problems.

58.   It has increased the importance and tension of the end of the season by a quantum leap.

59.   It builds the story effectively, then intercuts action with interviews to capture the tension of the games against the Soviets and the Finns.

60.   It captures the edgy milieu with authenticity, makes you experience the moment-to-moment tension of people fighting to make it through another day.