71.   A year ago there were bitter tensions between Sweeney and Hoffa, but union officials say they have largely patched up their differences.

72.   A. Probably the spring has sprung and there is no tension to hold it up.

73.   Above all, the tension is evident in the alacrity with which the politicians react when the calm is suddenly broken.

74.   After weeks of this, the tension was palatable.

75.   All last week, the activity was frenzied, and tension was thick.

76.   All the old tensions are back.

77.   Borges and Toledo each went to great lengths to dispel any notion that there was tension between the two last year.

78.   But as a few dozen families now seek extensions, tensions are running high.

79.   But by all accounts there is no tension between Jackson and Workman.

80.   But for all this improvement, there are tensions, and they surfaced at the two-day meeting here.