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The suit could further ratchet up the tension between H-P and Oracle, which had previously been partners on a number of fronts.

He has got to talk tough and look the part, but whether he is really ready to ratchet up pressure remains to be seen.

The men said they were Indian, but the attacks appeared to ratchet up tensions in an already volatile region.

Beauvais added that tea itself has no calories, but when you start adding sugar, cream, that can easily ratchet up the calorie count.

Mr. Wen's comments come as China as continued to ratchet up the pressure on Japan.

The Europeans say they accept that it may be necessary to ratchet up sanctions against the regime in Tehran.

In doing so they want to ratchet up the pressure by saying if you switch to our platform you don't have to worry about this.

Correspondents said Pyongyang's latest remarks appeared to seek once again to ratchet up tensions on the Korean peninsula.

That episode also prodded many scientists to ratchet up their efforts to understand tsunamis and communicate their danger.

Nothing like a little public pressure to ratchet up the creativity quotient.

But companies won't ratchet up investment in a time of declining demand.

Now, ratchet up the calculations for a hurricane about the size of Missouri and the figures get really massive.

This could "easily ratchet up into a broader trade war and inflict economic damage on both countries" .

NASA has no choice but the ratchet up its asteroid excuse, that a swarm or asteroids has entered the scene.

Once again, what the bunkers lack in size, they make up for in bite and can easily help ratchet up the score.

The Fed's decision Wednesday to ratchet up the purchase of mortgage-backed securities underscores its willingness to keep spending.

So if you're worried about intruders sneaking into your network, ratchet up all the settings on your hardware firewall.

"Some local governments are literally digging holes and then filling them in to ratchet up the GDP, " he wrote.

And once they have the money, their standards of acceptable consumption might ratchet up so they actually need the gift to compensate.

Public disenchantment with the EU has spurred the British government to ratchet up its demands.

There 's nothing like a major holiday , such as Christmas , ratchet up the pressure on your schedule .

In response, Pyongyang threatened "strong measures" , including war, if the South attempted to ratchet up international sanctions.

According to a study at Harvard University, stress can ratchet up blood pressure and turn up the risk of clotting.

Mullen declined to provide any benchmarks, but noted that after the holiday season both sides will ratchet up marketing for the site.

Washington may also be moving to ratchet up covert pressure on Tehran.

Intelligent people ratchet up brainpower through their brain's natural plasticity . . .

As they consider how to ratchet up their campaign, the students suddenly find themselves at the vanguard of a national movement.

Buying more Treasuries would impact yields, while moving into corporate bonds would ratchet up risk.

While businesses are starting to ratchet up layoffs, government has been trimming jobs for some time.

It is not clear what the free-market antidote to this tendency to ratchet up executive compensation is.

And from the employee's perspective, they don't want to ratchet up an uncomfortable situation to an even more unbearable level.

Presumably, this included marching orders to them to ratchet up pressure on Pakistan to protect Chinese nationals.

These numbers would ratchet up further were Spain to default.

Given that it intends to ratchet up production from 10, 000 vehicles in 2011 to 45, 000 vehicles in 2012 the issue is of importance.

China censors ratchet up Web monitoring