"A prolonged economic downturn in Asia will revive latent tensions against the West," he warned.

Though that, presumably, was the low point for government statistical work, it did not end the latent tension between elected politicians and civil servants.

Hawk's boots hit the floor with a thump as the latent tension charging his veins became a living heat.

For a while, the latent tensions between the two men were masked by Bono's courtesy; but on Monday he lost his cool.

For the following three centuries, there was latent tension between the traditional regional laws and Roman law.

The end of the war with Iran served to deepen latent tensions between Iraq and its wealthy neighbor Kuwait.

At the end, as the latent tensions within the family and the neighborhood burst into full operatic color, "Manito" loses some of its charm and insight.

Yet a latent tension had always existed between fascism and Italian Jews.

Do the Right Thing takes the latent tensions of a neighbourhood and sees them squeezed to the surface by the weather.

The location of the castle produced latent tensions with the Bavarian Wittelsbachs, who coveted the margraviate to round off their territories.