1.   After Taylor was named gang boss and foreman, shop tensions might have dissipated in any number of ways.

2.   As the power cuts shortened and the weather cooled in September, tension dissipated.

3.   But, sharing war stories in a pub, tensions easily dissipate.

4.   Tensions dissipate, these towns find, but new problems arise, from economic woes to worry over nuclear waste.

5.   The tension dissipated, like a fog lifting.

6.   The tensions had dissipated and the crowd began to disperse.

7.   Though all of this is fascinating, the film sometimes lingers too long on side stories, allowing the narrative tension to dissipate.

8.   But the tension later dissipated and police stood their guard Friday in the regular lines blocking all roads to the compound.

9.   Like Choi, they fled from the North to the South and eventually built a new family when it became clear that Cold War tensions would not dissipate soon.