His married life, settled and calm in its early years, became increasingly tense and difficult following the death of his daughter, Olga, in 1903.

But protests in the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities have grown in recent months, and become increasingly tense and sometimes violent.

As months pass onboard, relations between passengers become increasingly tense and uneasy, each one being faced with his own part of darkness.

It would be a mistake to dismiss South Korea's increasingly tense relations with the United States as ephemeral, or the North's recent belligerence as irrational.

American and European economic sanctions on Iran over the dispute, and Iran's defiance, have fed an atmosphere of increasingly tense confrontation and mistrust.

Merit's allegiances, strength, and willpower continue to be tested as human-supernatural relationship become increasingly tense and tenuous.

The increasingly tense relations are weakening the president's ability to deal with the opposition-controlled Congress.

Band members Black Francis and Kim Deal grew increasingly tense and started to act out.

So history becomes less point-by-point narrative than atmosphere and ambient music, increasingly tense and foreboding as the group's split-up nears.

Nevertheless, this worrying episode is not an isolated one within a context that is becoming increasingly tense and dangerous.