Social tension would prevail, and our main population centres would fall prey to uncertainty.

Experience elsewhere has demonstrated that success in development efforts was partly due to their linking growth to income redistribution and increased social equality, thus helping to reduce social tensions and contributing to political system reform.

A moratorium would allow the reduction of unemployment, calm the situation and decrease social tension.

The rise of these modern caudillos reflects a crisis in political parties and an acute intensification of social unease across the continent.

This tweet reflected the tension

Because stress is perceived, the following mechanisms do not necessarily deal with the actual situation that is causing an individual stress.

There's a lot of tension among the siblings.

The mood amongst supporters of the revolution is tense.

But none of the underlying tensions are resolved.

The intensity increases for each question.

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Tension is everywhere but the joy too.

Here in Tbilisi, tension is understandably high.

The current hotspots of the world are replete with such examples.

Therein lies the universal tension between intellectual property and competition.

In response to social housing shortages and rising tensions over increasingly conspicuous social inequality Oman s leaders pledged to build 2,500 housing units for low income families, and to support technical training tailored to job creation.

So the birth and development of the welfare state reflects an inescapable fact freedom and equality are both in tension and intimately linked, because both values are part and parcel of the democratic project.

Similar to surface tension, adsorption is a consequence of surface energy.

Tensions between French Canada and English Canada increased for some time.

The Governor's return has contributed to tensions within the local administration.

Political tension reached a new height with that resignation.

The protracted presence of Myanmar refugees and the mass influx of illegal migrant workers from neighbouring countries had caused social tension and security concerns among the local Thai population, who often lived in poorer conditions than the refugees.

The Cold War saw periods of both heightened tension and relative calm.

Unemployment problems constitute an important factor underlying political tensions and ethnic violence.

Of the several flashpoints in the region, including that between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the tension between Armenians and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh is among the most challenging.

Calls for a boycott of the electoral process by the Union pour le progrès et la démocratie sociale (UDPS), which claims that it has not been properly registered as a political party by the Ministry of Interior, continued to cause tensions in Katanga and the Kasais, where UDPS supporters have protested voter registration activities.

Indeed, local problems are likely to exacerbate regional tensioins.

Nor does the Middle East have a monopoly on Islamist extremism, ethnic tension, or terrorism.

The situation is tense across the country and also online.

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

That tension hampered free food distribution for fear of distorting the local economy.

Since then, the Shab'a farms area has been tense but quiet.

Indeed, depending on the ideological or political context, the identity crisis revolves around these factors.

The right to social security was reinforced by the enactment of the Act to combat poverty and social exclusion.

Climate change we're trying to reduce the stress in our personal lives and in our communities and on the planet.

Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension and strengthening trust and confidence between States,

The Kremlin s handling of the affair is indicative of the tense state of US Russia relations.

The relationship between the majority Buddhist Rakhine and the Muslim Rohingya has long been a tinderbox.

Increased economic anxiety has, unsurprisingly, fueled increasing unease about foreign competition.

Iran is also a key player in cooling the hot spots in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

NatashaTynes Six months ago, Mubarak's speech would have meant a lot.

The bomber was a Salafi Muslim, and the killing was a manifestation of the tension between the republic s traditional Sunni Sufis and a growing fundamentalist movement, according to Dagestani blogger Saif Nuri.

However, it is clear that the conclusion of a political agreement will allow for a certain easing of tensions in the situation.

Amid the heightened tension, the consolidation of the opposition coalition continued, as well as the preparations for the upcoming legislative elections.

In Kosovo, Ban was able to lower the temperature on the boiling issue of the province s independence.