81.   The amphibious vehicles are the kind Beijing could use against Taiwan if tensions escalate.

82.   The tensions escalated last spring to the point of Russian threatening trade sanctions against Latvia.

83.   The tension escalated Sunday when Iraqi authorities prevented three more Americans from entering Iraq to take part in the inspections.

84.   The tests raised fears that tensions would escalate into a full-blown nuclear conflict on the South Asia subcontinent.

85.   The U.S. soldiers were among troops from more than a dozen countries sent to reinforce the French last weekend, when tensions escalated.

86.   These tensions had escalated by the time the riders reached a high-altitude camp in Colorado Springs in the US.

87.   They generally live in peace with the Muslim majority, though tensions sometimes escalate into sectarian clashes.

88.   Thus Taiwan-China tensions escalated after Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visited the United States in June.

89.   Unknown gunmen killed four Russian border guards just outside Chechnya Sunday, while tensions escalated inside the breakaway republic, news reports said.

90.   China and the United States both appealed Tuesday for India and Pakistan to show restraint and prevent rising tensions escalating into a conflict between the nuclear South Asian rivals.