1.   We are not interested, frankly, in doing anything that would exacerbate the tensions.

2.   His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process.

3.   Urging restraint in the development of conventional forces, the statement said that otherwise these could exacerbate political tensions.

4.   And critics of the NATO campaign have said that the bombing had resolved little and exacerbated ethnic tensions while destroying large parts of Yugoslavia.

5.   And because the annulment convinced many people that a man from the southern Yoruba tribe like Abiola will never be allowed to rule, it exacerbated ethnic tensions.

6.   And the fickle real-estate market exacerbates these tensions.

7.   Anxiety about the economy had fueled resistance to affirmative action and rising crime, with its attendant images of young black males, has exacerbated racial tension.

8.   A culture clash between consultants and auditors, as well as the concrete fact that consulting partners are better paid, has helped exacerbate that tension.

9.   Bush has asked India not to exacerbate tensions by cracking down on Muslim rebels in Kashmir, its own Muslim-dominated state.