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As part of the Munich Agreement ... all sides are called on - even before the start of a ceasefire - to contribute to an immediate reduction in violence, that goes for Russia and the Syrian regime's military operations around Aleppo and the latest attacks by PYD militias in northern Syria. In view of the tense situation, Turkey too must show restraint. – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was for us, the government, without a doubt a difficult and tense moment when he [El Chapo] was able to escape from prison. ... But the important thing is that we were able to re-apprehend him. The most wanted criminal in Mexico, one of the most wanted in the world, was re-apprehended thanks to an intelligence effort and consistent work of the public security forces in our country. – The Mexican President	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Argentina wants to show it has a different economic team, and intends to mitigate the tense relations with the holdouts and the courts, it is interested in showing a different face for Argentina and that includes a different legal team. – Siobhan Morden	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We hope to have closed this chapter of an affair in the shadow of disruptions the country has endured and in the context of a tense political situation. – Prime Minister Tamam Salam	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There’s nothing wrong with slipping out of the room during an unpleasant or tense conversation, or joining others to watch a movie or just relax, also, don’t feel pressured to offer a comment about anything — take a few deep breaths and let it go. – Americo Mello	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I would instead say,' I know that things can sometimes get tense, so I was just thinking it might be best if I stay at the hotel and then come over for all of the events, and I can even help you prep,' Offer to take part. – Emily Post	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Of course every country has a right to defend its territory but on the other hand we know how tense the situation is in Syria and in the surrounding area. – German Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The situation in Paris is very tense, people, they don't want to go out. – Gregory Philipps	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is impossible to determine how many refugees have already reached European shores and are somewhere between Greece and Germany, but camps throughout The Balkans, as well as Western Europe, are packed with refugees in increasingly tense situations. Related ImageExpand / ContractPolice in Macedonia hold back hordes of refugees hoping to pass through The Balkans en route to Western Europe. ( FoxNews.com) After Hungary took action, refugees streamed into Croatia from Serbia, prompting Croatia to close its border and trapping some 11,000 inside Serbia. Refugees were still working their way through Macedonia and into Serbia, where they remained stuck at the Hungarian border as Serbian and Hungarian officials traded terse statements. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic accused Hungarian police of lobbing tear gas across the border and urged European Union to condemn the brutal behavior of the Hungarian police to refugees and media workers. Serbia itself can protect its territory and national dignity, and, if necessary, from the European Union, we will protect the European values. – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Like many people, I had my doubts about whether this would be Floyd Mayweather Sr. last fight, i say that in the past tense because over the course of the last four weeks, I've changed my mind. – Stephen Espinoza	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Six protesters and a police officer have lost their lives and 18 people are critically injured, schools, business and private offices will not open today. The mood is tense and no one should venture out. – Keshav Shah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Schools, business and private offices will not open today. The mood is tense and no one should venture out. – Keshav Shah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Things are very tense there right now. – Michael Cassidy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Their sense of uncertainty was really palpable, (They) were lucky in the sense that they managed to reach that side of country and were allowed to enter northern Iraq, which the Kurds regard as their closest thing to a homeland. That said, they were incredibly tense and uncertain, having never been to Iraq before. – Ivor Prickett	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You go in, right, you’re tight, and you’re tense. You start going through the motions, and the poses, and stretching out, then when you’re done, you’re like, ‘I feel excellent.’. – Jason Abrams	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Certain countries are roping in countries from outside the region to get involved in the South China Sea issue, putting on a big show of force, deliberately exaggerating the tense atmosphere in the region, this way of doing things will not have a beneficial effect on the situation in the South China Sea. – Yang Yujun	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't see the coalition fundamentally altering what is already an extremely tense and corrosive relationship between the prime minster and the president. – Aaron David Miller	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The situation is really tense, it seems to be getting more and more tense. The President is not backing down. And the protesters seem to be just carrying on with their protests. – Carina Tertsakian	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I started a dialogue with them, saying that I wanted to hear them out, even if that meant that I would be hit, after 15 minutes of a tense but non-violent talk spirits calmed. – Yanis Varoufakis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm not sure that many people would keep someone alive in the present tense the way she did. – Meredith McCain	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is currently really tense in Labe. – Moustapha Naite	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The second you start feeling tense, go into another room until you start feeling sleepy. – Professor Ancoli-Israel	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our community is experiencing a great deal of trauma, this is a very, very tense time for Baltimore City. – Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is a tense time around elections and security forces are already stretched thin, displaced people are already struggling for food, access to clean water and healthcare facilities. – Daniel Eyre	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

As part of the Munich Agreement ... all sides are called on - even before the start of a ceasefire - to contribute to an immediate reduction in violence, that goes for Russia and the Syrian regime's military operations around Aleppo and the latest attacks by PYD militias in northern Syria. In view of the tense situation, Turkey too must show restraint.

– German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was for us, the government, without a doubt a difficult and tense moment when he [El Chapo] was able to escape from prison. ... But the important thing is that we were able to re-apprehend him. The most wanted criminal in Mexico, one of the most wanted in the world, was re-apprehended thanks to an intelligence effort and consistent work of the public security forces in our country.

– The Mexican President

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Argentina wants to show it has a different economic team, and intends to mitigate the tense relations with the holdouts and the courts, it is interested in showing a different face for Argentina and that includes a different legal team.

– Siobhan Morden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We hope to have closed this chapter of an affair in the shadow of disruptions the country has endured and in the context of a tense political situation.

– Prime Minister Tamam Salam

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There’s nothing wrong with slipping out of the room during an unpleasant or tense conversation, or joining others to watch a movie or just relax, also, don’t feel pressured to offer a comment about anything — take a few deep breaths and let it go.

– Americo Mello

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I would instead say,' I know that things can sometimes get tense, so I was just thinking it might be best if I stay at the hotel and then come over for all of the events, and I can even help you prep,' Offer to take part.

– Emily Post

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Of course every country has a right to defend its territory but on the other hand we know how tense the situation is in Syria and in the surrounding area.

– German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The situation in Paris is very tense, people, they don't want to go out.

– Gregory Philipps

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is impossible to determine how many refugees have already reached European shores and are somewhere between Greece and Germany, but camps throughout The Balkans, as well as Western Europe, are packed with refugees in increasingly tense situations. Related ImageExpand / ContractPolice in Macedonia hold back hordes of refugees hoping to pass through The Balkans en route to Western Europe. ( FoxNews.com) After Hungary took action, refugees streamed into Croatia from Serbia, prompting Croatia to close its border and trapping some 11,000 inside Serbia. Refugees were still working their way through Macedonia and into Serbia, where they remained stuck at the Hungarian border as Serbian and Hungarian officials traded terse statements. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic accused Hungarian police of lobbing tear gas across the border and urged European Union to condemn the brutal behavior of the Hungarian police to refugees and media workers. Serbia itself can protect its territory and national dignity, and, if necessary, from the European Union, we will protect the European values.

– Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Like many people, I had my doubts about whether this would be Floyd Mayweather Sr. last fight, i say that in the past tense because over the course of the last four weeks, I've changed my mind.

– Stephen Espinoza

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Six protesters and a police officer have lost their lives and 18 people are critically injured, schools, business and private offices will not open today. The mood is tense and no one should venture out.

– Keshav Shah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Schools, business and private offices will not open today. The mood is tense and no one should venture out.

– Keshav Shah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Things are very tense there right now.

– Michael Cassidy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Their sense of uncertainty was really palpable, (They) were lucky in the sense that they managed to reach that side of country and were allowed to enter northern Iraq, which the Kurds regard as their closest thing to a homeland. That said, they were incredibly tense and uncertain, having never been to Iraq before.

– Ivor Prickett

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You go in, right, you’re tight, and you’re tense. You start going through the motions, and the poses, and stretching out, then when you’re done, you’re like, ‘I feel excellent.’.

– Jason Abrams

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Certain countries are roping in countries from outside the region to get involved in the South China Sea issue, putting on a big show of force, deliberately exaggerating the tense atmosphere in the region, this way of doing things will not have a beneficial effect on the situation in the South China Sea.

– Yang Yujun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't see the coalition fundamentally altering what is already an extremely tense and corrosive relationship between the prime minster and the president.

– Aaron David Miller

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The situation is really tense, it seems to be getting more and more tense. The President is not backing down. And the protesters seem to be just carrying on with their protests.

– Carina Tertsakian

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I started a dialogue with them, saying that I wanted to hear them out, even if that meant that I would be hit, after 15 minutes of a tense but non-violent talk spirits calmed.

– Yanis Varoufakis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm not sure that many people would keep someone alive in the present tense the way she did.

– Meredith McCain

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is currently really tense in Labe.

– Moustapha Naite

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The second you start feeling tense, go into another room until you start feeling sleepy.

– Professor Ancoli-Israel

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our community is experiencing a great deal of trauma, this is a very, very tense time for Baltimore City.

– Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is a tense time around elections and security forces are already stretched thin, displaced people are already struggling for food, access to clean water and healthcare facilities.

– Daniel Eyre

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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