The race reveals the political competition being ushered in by new term-limit laws and also reopens the long-simmering political tensions among the city's Dominican immigrants.

Meanwhile, sparked by the tragedy, long-simmering tensions are dividing the camp.

His comments brought to a boil long-simmering tensions with Mr. Rumsfeld, who had been scrubbing the war plans to reduce the number of invading troops.

Local people said that the seizure of the station's transmitters on Sunday ignited long-simmering tensions among the young and impoverished.

The long-simmering tension boiled over into a public rift with the 2000 presidential elections.

This constitutes a significant departure from current practice, particularly given the long-simmering tensions between active-duty commanders and their National Guard counterparts.

The statement was the most detailed by the United States since last week, when the long-simmering tension between Ethiopia and Somalia boiled over.

This conceptual opening paved the way for the discussion of long-simmering tensions over internal matters like the role of religion in the Jewish state.

The shock of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States exposed long-simmering tensions between conservative Muslim immigrants and this city's liberal traditions.

The showdown over the Albania mission flushed out long-simmering tensions in his Olive Tree coalition.