Thanks to some kind carabinieri, he got his violin back after a tense half-hour – tense for my father, anyway.
The next half hour is tense, as doctors lay out the risks.
Yes, it's the save-the-budget episode, but serving up such a stylish hour of tense psychodrama, you could never call it cheap.
DETROIT — After more than an hour of tense playoff hockey Monday, the Game 4 fates of the Detroit Red Wings and the Anaheim Ducks came down to two players who grew up 29 miles apart in Switzerland.
The meeting, which lasted more than eight hours, was tense.
After more than 2 hours of tense action it spelt heartbreak for Britain.
The votes followed hours of tense talks involving Mr. McGreevey, the Senate committee members and Senator Bennett.
Nigel's rewrite smugly depended on the audience sitting through two hours of tense narrative, tarted up with witty dialogue, clever plot surprises, and lush settings.
This agreement, reached after 12 hours of tense talks, does not end the debate but does lift a cloud hanging over Monday's Group of 8 meeting.
After hours of tense negotiations, which were televised worldwide, the Munich police made a last desperate attempt to free the hostages.
After hours of tense discussion, Mr. Levy and Mr. Taggart released a carefully worded joint statement acknowledging that the sixth-grade scores in 2000 were "overstated".
