Since then, the town has been tense.
It was a fitting welcome on a trip that has been tense from the start.
Until recently, he has spent little time at Twitter, and his relationship with Mr. Williams has been tense at times.
Within MF Global's offices in Midtown Manhattan, the mood among the rank and file has been tense but defiant.
But in Armenia, the relationship between the new movement and the officials of the Communist Party has been tense.
The aftermath of July 9's free and fair elections in the world's third-largest democracy has been tense.
Shopping has been tense ever since sanctions turned chicken into a luxury good, but today everyone is frantic.
The skirmish has been tense, with alleged death threats, social media clashes and attacks on talk radio.
Benghazi too has been tense since Friday's assassination of a leading anti-Brotherhood activist, Abdelsalam al-Mosmary.
The tone of MSNBC's coverage of the Senate election in Alabama on Tuesday has been tense and expectant.
