1.   Relations between the two neighbouring states had been tense in recent years because of the Bougainville conflict.

2.   Although Gretzky never criticized Campbell directly, he was very tense in his comments about his reduced ice time and stressed that it was a coaching decision.

3.   According to the report in Il Sole, relations between de Benedetti and Caio had grown tense in recent weeks.

4.   But in Tameer, everyone is especially tense in the shadow of the bombing raids.

5.   He was really tense in the locker room.

6.   If you think the golfers are tense in the U.S. Open, you ought to be in the NBC broadcast booth.

7.   Jack Shimell, president of Inner Response, compared it to the way muscles automatically tense in reaction to potential danger.

8.   Observers have noticed Bibby is less tense in day-to-day affairs.

9.   Officials said this reflects a new cooperation between the CIA and the military, whose relations have often been tense in war.