To ease the tension, Mr. Kurtis made corny non sequiturs between calling numbers.
Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas tried to ease the tension, telling a local television station that "we have learnt our lesson".
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Distractions, such as having someone to talk to on the plane or focusing on an engrossing book, can also work to ease the tension.
The frame was already won but it certainly did not ease the tension clearly simmering between the pair in front of the packed Crucible audience.
During his last term of office Mr Erdogan did announce a Kurdish initiative with bold promises to ease the tension between the Kurdish minority and the state.
While early efforts combined with elections and pledges for constitutional reforms helped ease the tension, sustaining such spending with minimal natural resource revenue is becoming an increasingly difficult task to keep up.
It was left to player of the match Shaw (17 not out) and Holly Colvin to steer the team over the finishing line, with the former hitting two timely boundaries to ease the tension when the pressure had seemed to be getting to England.
She says there has been a big debate about the role of women in the kingdom and, although not everyone will welcome the decision, such a reform will ease some of the tension that has been growing over the issue.
The younger Sharon's meeting with Arafat was an apparent move to ease tension.
TOKYO--Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday appeared to try to ease tension with neighboring countries by repeating Japan's admission of and apology for the suffering it caused its former colonial subjects.
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