1.   It is thought to have helped calm tension.

2.   Many schools have started conflict resolution programs to calm tensions that otherwise can build up like a volcano preparing to explode, ultimately resulting in physical violence.

3.   At the same time, Bradley has often urged caution about using American military forces abroad to quell ethnic disputes or calm regional tensions.

4.   Racial traffic data, both sides of the national debate say, will help calm simmering tensions.

5.   The former president said he had not been able to determine whether Karadzic had taken the steps he promised last week to calm tensions in the region.

6.   U.S. officials believe the summit will be useful to calm tensions and work toward an eventual resumption of comprehensive peace talks.

7.   A decade ago Milosevic rose to power by pledging to help Kosovo Serbs and calm ethnic tensions.

8.   But China believes the issue should not be discussed in the United Nations and that an arms embargo alone would not be enough to calm tensions, Qian said.

9.   But he said both need to do more to calm tensions.

10.   But NATO officials later said the outsiders were police from neighboring Croatia, recently sent to Mostar in an attempt to calm tensions there.