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• “Japan disclosed Monday that its nuclear accident was more severe in its first days than it had previously admitted—casting new light on how Tokyo's early handling of the disaster briefly sent its relations with the U.S. into one of the tensest periods in years.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Japan Concedes Severity of Blast

• “ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - Hamdi Hassan, a senior member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood party, was jailed by Egyptian authorities Jan. 28 during the tensest days of anti-government protests in this coastal city.”

  The Washington Post: Muslim Brotherhood eyes comeback in Egypt

• “The last 10 minutes of this episode were some of the tensest I've ever seen on television.”

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• “Q: One of the tensest scenes for me involved a woman giving birth to a baby in distress via C-section.”

  Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Richard Mabry, MD, part 1

• “It has stayed open during even the tensest times between the two countries, including the North's surprise shelling last year of the inhabited South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.”

  The Wall Street Journal: North Korean Economic Lifelines Get Back to Business

• “The struggle is shaping up as the tensest standoff over religious freedom in China since a brutal crackdown on adherents of Falun Gong in 1999 after they made similar calls for official acceptance, China experts say.”

  The Wall Street Journal: China's Banned Churches Defy Regime

• “The book recounts in close detail the days surrounding the funeral, explaining how the city's black and white establishments handled crowds, rumors, fears and world scrutiny during one of the tensest periods of the turbulent 1960s.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The City That Did Not Burn

• “In a statement, Bush said that during one of the tensest moments of the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein began attacking Israel with Scud missiles trying cynically and cruelly to bait them into the conflict, we sent Larry to Israel to preserve our coalition.”

  USA Today: Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies

• “Gazprom's deliveries to Europe have been reliable, without interruptions even through the tensest phases of the Cold War.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Reliable Gazprom

• “It's the tensest standoff with Beijing over religious freedom since a brutal crackdown on adherents of Falun Gong in 1999.”

  The Wall Street Journal: This Week: Debt Deal in House, Mourning in Norway

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