1.   Also Monday, tensions escalated on the streets of West Palm Beach as the Rev. Jesse Jackson held a rally that drew several hundred supporters and opponents.

2.   But China has now escalated tensions by recklessly raising the prospect that it might use military force to intimidate Taiwan.

3.   China, meanwhile, says fielding missile defenses in Asia could seriously escalate tensions over Taiwan.

4.   Meanwhile, he said, the Carter administration escalated the tensions and prolonged the crisis with economic sanctions and a failed rescue attempt in the desert.

5.   North Korea threatens to escalate tensions in Asia and heighten its own isolation if it goes ahead with another long-range missile test in the next few weeks.

6.   That escalated tensions at the moment when Gage, wishing to avoid a showdown, was trying to appeal to the sympathies of moderate Bostonians.

7.   The acquittal escalated tensions in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, where relations between the police and the public have long been edgy.

8.   The congressional subpoenas would be the first levied against the Bush White House and would further escalate tensions between Senate Democrats and the Republican administration.

9.   The tension was further escalated by threats from Palestinians to conduct more terrorist attacks.

10.   The victory only escalated tensions with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in what Matarazzo now calls a war.