The defense of Khe Sanh commanded international attention and was considered the climactic phase of the Tet Offensive.

South Korea's presidential campaign entered a climactic phase today in a swirl of warnings about violence and charges that brutality and fraud were being used to win votes.

As the war entered its fifth day, events over the weekend appeared to have moved the war much closer to its climactic phase, the battle for Baghdad.

The 1991 eruption of Pinatubo was andesite and dacite in the pre-climactic phase but only dacite in the climactic phase.

The climactic phase had a volume of 3.7-5.3 km3.

Members of the Committee for the First Amendment flew to Washington ahead of this climactic phase of the hearing, which commenced on Monday, October 27.

No mention was made of talks on China's entry to the World Trade Organization, which are at a climactic phase.

After gunnery exercises in the area she sailed westward to join in the climactic phase of World War II.

He also keeps the following Presto agitato simmering for longer than usual (track 4), and his restraint pays off handsomely in that it throws the later climactic phases into relief.

This is the climactic phase of a 15-month study.