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It's calm in the dressing room but there's a tenseness because we are only 261 ahead.

KP: England relishing chance to attack the Aussies

Cysts were examined for diameter, tenseness and characteristic of the cyst fluid via physical examination and ultrasound screening.

Aspiration and methylprednisolone injection to the cavity with IV cannula needle in the treatment of volar wrist ganglia: New technique

The amount at stake was reflected perfectly in the tenseness of the opening phases, with both sides keen not to give anything away too cheaply.

Bahrain pip Doha to top rugby table

Depending on the tenseness of the part, these strains could result in part deformations and change of shape.

Comparison of methodologies for identification of process parameters affecting geometric deviations in plastic injection molding of housing using Taguchi method/Proceso parametru, turinciu itakos plastiko korpusu liejimui slegiant, nustatymo metodologiju palyginimas taikant Tagusi metoda

The tenseness in Shenzhen is an orderly tenseness," he said, before adding that removing people was the right step and far more may follow.

Chinese city clears out 80,000 'undesirables'

The world scenario--the US budgetary deficit, Middle-East tenseness and utopian concern as Greece debt problems which to authorities are not inclined, smoothen affecting not only cotton but all commodities.

Cotton production estimates, prices fluctuate: analysis

Blake's Albion is a network of vortices, which are expressed in terms of veins and fibres that, in Frye's terms, contain all of nature: "The kind of Argus-eyed tenseness (of nature) proceeds from a sealed prison of consciousness which Blake calls 'opaque,' opacity being his symbol for the dead matter to which all nature tends" (Fearful Symmetry 2004, 349).

Fearful symmetries: William Blake, Northrop Frye, and archetypal criticism

Tenseness, distrust, and apathy are but three of many ways of becoming negatively conditioned to a long series of laboratory experiments.

Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion?

Portman conveys her growing hysteria in the tenseness in her neck and subtle emotions that scuttle across her face--it's a singular performance.

Birds of prey: Black Swan is scary, sexy but not so Sapphic

I remember The Twits being too scary for me - I think I read it when I was really young - there is this sense of tenseness and wrongness of the world.

Finding his inner nerd; Comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin talks to Alison Jones about the logical side of his belated success

During the course of the disease, there is edema in the extremities evolving into woody indurations characterized by orange-colored hyperpigmentation and skin tenseness.

Eosinophilic fasciitis: a case report and review of the literature / Eozinofilik fasiit: bir olgu sunumu ve literaturlerin gozden gecirilmesi

The fact everything is set in an ordinary home is what makes it all the more terrifying, and while there are no gory special effects to speak of (the film is only a 15 certificate) it is the sheer terrifying atmosphere and spooky tenseness that sends shivers down your spine.