The Government has denied the incident to avoid an open clash with the armed forces.

Intrigue was rife, occasionally breaking out into open clashes between opposed armies in the stone corridors.

But voters appeared likely to elect enough independent-minded deputies to make open clashes of ideas highly likely.

Gunfire was exchanged throughout the day, but open clashes apparently stopped.

The greater the success in Warsaw, the greater the chance of an open clash in Moscow.

He had also managed to avoid an open clash with the High Councilor.

Tension among the groups reached its peak in the 1990s with a large number of people injured during open clashes.

The widespread disorder brought the first open clash between Antonescu and the Legion.

He said the open political clashes found in many democratic systems would damage Singapore's ethnic balance and could endanger its relations with neighboring countries.

The two leaders avoided an open clash, but they did so by steering widely around a patch of volatile political territory.