1.   Potentially explosive subtext -- Annie was sexually abused as a child -- is pretty much left in the background.

2.   Such testimony, unheard of in El Salvador, is potentially explosive in a state that has tried to bury its past.

3.   The most potentially explosive area of contact between headquarters and the Boards was in financial control.

4.   Their presence in the alliance masks deep and potentially explosive differences.

5.   Thus there was a combination of potentially explosive contributory factors.

6.   He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity.

7.   MINISTERS today put their Maastricht victory behind them as they grappled with another potentially explosive problem.

8.   Alternatively, if the signal is to be broadcast, it could be scrambled in an attempt to prevent a high-tech hijacking of the potentially explosive testimony.

9.   Among them are rising Islamic insurgency, drug trafficking, international terrorism, severe poverty and potentially explosive ethnic tensions.

10.   Although there is still unfinished business in South Africa, the overall situation seems less tense and potentially explosive, diplomats and U.N. officials say.