We've rubbed along, but the riots are straining tensions within the community, writes Graeme Archer.

He strained within the dark agony that filled him, fought through the layers of pain to find consciousness, to heal.

But even worse, was the anticipation straining upward within her like a sprout toward the sun.

I strained within myself to awaken my inner sight, but my mind's eye remained dark.

The band's fifth album was the product of an arduous and stressful creative process lasting roughly two years and straining relationships within Deftones.

He said that refugee officials put the number of displaced people at about 280,000, straining families and food supplies within Kosovo and in neighboring regions and countries.

The dogs, mostly German shepherds, would strain to within inches of the detainees' faces, they said.

Even so, the details of the case have embarrassed the French military and strained its ties within the NATO alliance.

The 2007 budget will cause disappointment, because it should be strategic, but it is, in fact, straining within its narrow limits.

The seasons are something else - winter is a wall of white jersey propelled across the stage by men straining forward within it.