1.   The Boeing-EU standoff has turned into a political war of words, raising the specter of a transatlantic trade war.

2.   Wednesday night it appeared that the standoff could turn vicious at any moment.

3.   Wednesday night it appeared that the standoff here could turn vicious at any moment.

4.   When officials said they would bar the car cruisers from the park, the standoff turned tense.

5.   On Wednesday night, after several black professors helped mediate an agreement, the standoff turned into a party.

6.   Six years after the last Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, Pakistan is still suffering from the last time the superpower standoff turned hot.

7.   The standoff turned violent when a red Volkswagen driven at high speed by a student hit the soldiers.

8.   Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble also was present in Portadown, where he gave assurances that the standoff would not turn violent.