Political tension reached a new height with that resignation.

Domestic political pressure became a source of heightened international tension.

The tension between these two forces will drive Russia's political dynamics for the next four years.

In Europe, large deficits and exploding debt to GDP ratios have alarmed creditors and provoked political tension.

The last stage of the Struggle in 1979 for Independence was marked by a heightened political tension.

In these states, regulatory and taxation issues now affect confidence more deeply and consistently than does political tension.

The timetable for the elections seems to be in jeopardy in the light of the current political tension.

Dynamic tension between various levels of government is a permanent feature of this type of political system.8

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Investment has been discouraged by the rejection of corporate culture, social and political tension, and uncertainty about the reforms.

Nowhere is this tension more visible today than in the struggle for the political soul of the Tea Party.

This violence undoubtedly raises tension in the region at a time when the political situation is evolving very rapidly.

In many countries particularly in Southern Europe bleak economic circumstances are generating social tension, political apathy, civil unrest, and delinquency.

Equally worrying are the recent political and military developments in Chad, including the mounting tension with the Sudan over Darfur.

Because of regional instability and political tension, West Asia, on average, has lost 2 percentage points of growth per year since 1980.

Tension and political instability will continue to overshadow prospects for steady economic growth and development in conflict zones, namely, Iraq and Palestine.

As in most new democracies and let us remember that democracy in Kosovo is only a few years old there is political tension.

This tweet reflected the tension

The tension between civil, legal, and political equality and the reality of economic and social inequality was noted as far back as the French Revolution.

Well psychology actually says there is a tension a tension between self regarding behaviors and other regarding behaviors.

The entrenchment of debtor creditor relationships between the states of the eurozone would fuel political tension as occurred in the United States in its first decades.

The absence of legislation dealing with statelessness and the persecution of persons on political or religious grounds were also identified as sources of tension in the subregion.

Notwithstanding the increased tension in Côte d'Ivoire, particularly in Abidjan, the official political parties have continued to mobilize their support base and constituents for the upcoming elections.

Here in Tbilisi, tension is understandably high.

Tension is everywhere but the joy too.

If Europe, for its part, fails to respond to the challenges of the twenty first century, it will face chronic economic stagnation, rising social tension, and political instability.

Make no mistake China s territorial creep is contributing to Asian insecurity, fueling political tension, and turning the world s economically most vibrant continent into a potentially global hot spot.

The country stands before two distinct paths uncontrolled and protracted civil violence, political crisis, and institutional collapse, or short term tension, medium term accommodation, and long term stability.

Southeast Asia forms its own unique geo political environment, with a wide variety of ethnic groups, cultures, and religions in tension as the current Islamic unrest in Thailand attests.

There's a lot of tension among the siblings.

These economic hardships are deepened by social tension.

Emerging market policymakers in big countries such as Brazil, China, and Turkey routinely attack the US and its monetary policy as a source of inflation, social tension, and political instability.

In addition, despite the acknowledged heightened tension, none of the security agencies had prepared an assessment profile regarding the security of Mr. Hariri, the most important political figure in Lebanon .

The result, invariably, will be heightened Sino US tension.

This led to tension between the group and Gilmore.

Three main factors affect the course of development, namely, war, the uncertainty created by political tension and how evenly the income and wealth of a society is distributed among its different strata.

It is also the Mission's conclusion that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic bears primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Mr. Hariri.

Second, it is also the Mission's view that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic bears primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the assassination of former Prime Minister, Mr. Hariri.

Of course, tension is probably unavoidable as these links develop.

In such circumstances, liberal democracy and security are in tension.

The Black Sea Fleet is another potential source of tension.

A downturn, however, usually exposes or sharpens latent social tension.

Therein lies the universal tension between intellectual property and competition.

But, within China, as the American political scientists Andrew Nathan and Andrew Scobell argued recently in Foreign Affairs, there is growing tension between domestic economic priorities and Chinese leaders belief that China s political stability and territorial integrity are threatened by foreign actors and forces.

We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.