The atmosphere is thick with the sharp tension between mother and daughter.

A senior British official arrived here tonight to begin talks on sharp new tensions over the preparations for the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

The Nation of Islam sent a representative to the hospital, despite the sharp tensions between the group and Dr. Shabazz over the years.

He and Geste stood silent in the darkness for a long moment, tension sharp in the air between them.

And yet that personal justification was in very sharp tension with the reality that we were losing.

They lived in a state of high alert and sharp tension.

"And I have no time," Brandin replied with what had seemed an unnatural calm after the sharp tension of the exchange.

Then he breezed that same finger over her lower lip, very slowly, never losing the sharp, hungry tension of his gaze upon her.

The shortages have created sharp tensions between families fortunate enough to have a small harvest and those with nothing.

All this has led to sharp tension on the campus as the elation of the 1988 revolution subsides.