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He said he did not blame John Hutton, the business secretary, for the inquiry's escalating cost and duration.

But he said the risk of a homegrown attack - like the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 - is escalating.

A pair of coevolutionary creatures chasing each other in an escalating arms race can only seem to veer out of control.

At least in the case of crude oil, however, escalating prices appears to be trimming demand, Flynn said.

Instead, it was the number of de-escalating gestures that grew. A bigger crowd, in other words, was more likely to suppress a fight.

A senior White House official said the speech Tuesday won't be primarily about escalating the war in Afghanistan, but about ending it.

Technicians who have not been evacuated face an escalating exposure, and will have to be replaced if the fight is to go on.

China warned other countries to stay out of escalating disputes with its neighbors over the South China Sea, even as the U.

If it is a man and a woman arguing, you may need to call for intervention if there is escalating verbal abuse or any physical abuse.

His Zucca line does well at home, but the escalating yen has kept it out of the export market.

The sexual assault charges throw the IMF into turmoil just as it is trying to ease an escalating euro zone debt crisis.

After nearly two years of an escalating debt crisis, ECB officials still appear to be trying to find their footing.

America and China, too, could easily fall into a cycle of escalating tension that would be hard to break.

Has Israel somehow blundered into a steadily escalating war without a clear strategic goal or at least one it can credibly achieve?

At the weekend, there was a huge security presence around the Japanese embassy in Beijing to prevent a small demonstration from escalating.

Unwilling to be forced out from the station that is the heart of their work, the research team gets caught up in the escalating violence.

Far from putting the dispute to one side, as Deng urged, China is escalating it into a full-blown diplomatic stand-off.

Security forces attacked Hama more than a week ago, escalating the violent suppression of mass demonstrations in the city.

The escalating legal battle, however, seems to have put that relationship at risk.

However, due to having on-site spares and on-site network engineering team we have been able to keep this situation from escalating further.

The Usd continued to gain strength in the Asian session, as escalating problems in the European banking sector unnerved participants.

"The situation there seems to be escalating in dangerous ways, " Mr. Goldstein said.

The possum had no natural grasp of the concept of tidiness, and it was developing a rapidly escalating personal hatred of Moth.

He said they had voiced worries about dangerous space debris and escalating military rivalry in space, but said such fears were groundless.

Financial, commodity and materials sectors were all hit hard by fears of escalating government debt problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain.

But, the point is clear, we cannot afford to face escalating disasters of that kind.

What happens next? Some fear it will be a race to the bottom, with the protests escalating in step with the state's violence.

The White House is increasing pressure on Russia to stop the escalating conflict in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.

The World Bank has been trying to find ways to co-operate with Beijing to avoid escalating competition over loan deals.

But by his first week in office in late May he was forced to rein in escalating deficits at the state-owned refiner.

"I enjoyed the challenge, " he says. "I found I could control the patients into doing what I wanted without escalating the situation. "

While yet aware of the impropriety of it, Isolde and Tristan fail to harness the mounting escalating magical power of love.

Balarus has threatened to stop the flow of Russian gas through its pipeline to Europe in an escalating dispute over payment.

It has also, as we have been reminded recently, become a rallying cry in the escalating tension between the Islamic world and the west.

This year, the escalating crisis in the Middle East largely squeezed out the subjects on which the attendees were hoping to reach agreement.

The Java language has long suffered from escalating complexity because the base object model is not flexible enough to be extended.

Commercial relations between the EU and China could easily end up the other way around, with escalating tit-for-tat protectionism.

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U. S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members and escalating tensions with Spain.

Further rises in transaction values are likely over the next two months as mills recover these escalating costs.

But in the cities the escalating heat and rumors of distant revolution had begun to inflame local tempers.

The escalating drug crisis is beginning to take its toll on many Americans.

SYRIAN leaders are backing themselves into a corner by escalating a five-week-old standoff with protesters.

"The escalating situation will hurt China's image , " he said .

In the current crisis, North Korea has responded to any actions to curb its nuclear ambitions by escalating tensions.

Escalating the tensions, South Ossetia on Thursday claimed to have shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane in its territory.

With escalating costs, declining availability, and mixed quality outcomes, employers have been hurt by the absence of sound national policy.

Feigned an elbow in the face in an effort to get Robben sent off and played a key role in escalating the end of match fracas .

Political dangers aside, the other lingering threat to the rebirth of Russia is that of escalating inflation.

The latest spat between China and Vietnam looks dangerously close to escalating. China needs to take the lead in finding a solution.

It was first introduced in 1991 in response to concern over the escalating incidence of diabetes around the world.

Tensions between and Fatah have been escalating all week as the two sides fight for control of the territory.

The alternative of an escalating tit-for-tat trade dispute between Europe and America does not bear thinking about.

So far he has done a credible job of bolstering support for his North Korea policy while not escalating the conflict.

Instead, it was the number of de-escalating gestures that grew.

And third, they were afforded an escalating appraisal of underlying equity capital as the first two benefits became widely recognized.

A worrisome confrontation is escalating between the United States and China.

The conflict with the PKK, which is fighting for greater Kurdish rights, has been steadily escalating over the last couple of months.

United Nations agencies warn that Burma's food shortages and escalating prices pose a threat to its food security.

Russian officials brushed off the Japanese ambassador recall, blaming Tokyo for escalating the conflict.

Nowadays, it has become a significant society problem that the number of yobs is escalating.

From then on, the two were a close pair, escalating into what some saw as a strange dual obsession.

The escalating cost of living is one of the fallouts of urbanization.

So it is necessary to carry out series of strategies for the sake of escalating Chinese position in international productive specialization.

"Take a stern response and carefully manage the situation from further escalating, " the president said.

The visit came amid escalating nuclear tensions and led to a breakthrough deal months later.

And, if it works, could the income growth keep pace with escalating healthcare cost?

Instead, the international community will more likely have to consider escalating its support for the regime's opponents.

As Japan wrestles with an escalating nuclear crisis, the humanitarian crisis is as difficult as ever.

It is, instead, it is likely to deal broadly with undervalued currencies and set out a series of escalating steps for the US to take.

The commission stance comes at a time when the problem of fake products is escalating in Europe.

Tightening environmental regulations and escalating protests in the US and Europe against the oil sands present another difficulty.

The escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula between the DPRK and South Korea have provoked global financial market jitters.

Skip this opportunity and escalating NPY levels might lead you to overeat later in the day.

Second, this escalating homogeneity inevitably spirals into conflict and violence, because soon everyone is competing for the same things.

External competition is escalating as other Asian governments latch onto casinos as a potential economic stimulus.

As result, we are becoming a nation of pill-grabbers and hypochondriacs, escalating the slightest ache into a searing ordeal.

No one person can deal with all of today's rapid-fire changes, competitive threats, and escalating customer demands.

But representation of art produced in China has not kept up with this growth and with the escalating interest of the art world.

Then make sure that he spends escalating amounts of time alone in his crate or confined to a room.

The government has responded to the escalating cyberattacks by ordering up new strategies and a new United States Cyber Command.

But now the US banks are recapitalised and back in play, competition is escalating.

Or is the escalating toll of death and dread the inevitable result of human nature?

This is the result of escalating spending projections on government pensions and healthcare that are largely left untouched in the budget.

With China gradually liberalize market entry, the scale of the international industrial transfer to China is escalating .

As the Burmese regime bolsters its forces in the conflict zones of eastern Burma, the likelihood of disputes escalating increases.

Escalating levels of youth unemployment are a major contributing factor to this problem.

The mood at Haneda was calm and orderly, though many passengers were jittery due to the deluge of news on the escalating nuclear crisis.

The U. S. Defense Department estimates China's military spending at closer to $150 billion per annum and escalating.

High quality phosphorus reserves are diminishing and the cost of fertilisers is escalating rapidly.

Mr Obama has committed himself to an escalating military effort in Afghanistan, the toughest country in the world to pacify.

By escalating to a claim, you would be asking PayPal to review the case and decide the outcome.

At present, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen surrounding society escalating violence, the domestic political struggle became intense.

Asia needs rules to help prevent maritime disputes from escalating.

He credited the 'wealth effect, ' which refers to an increase in spending that accompanies escalating stock prices.

There's no safety net, Dr. Feng said, and "that has created an escalating need for care for a lot of aging people. "

Policymakers have responded with a raft of measures to address escalating prices.

The meetings of great importance will be held under the severe circumstances of the escalating and spreading international financial crisis.

The ECB had largely stood aside this week as the US Federal Reserve took action to calm escalating pressures in US financial markets.

Clearly China and many of its trade partners are engaged in an escalating series of tit-for-tat trade disputes.

U. S. officials say the Chung case is part of a pattern of escalating espionage by China.

Assigning, approving, and escalating tasks to effectively deal with customer requests.

South Korea is opting for a low public policy profile amid escalating tensions with North Korea.

There is an imminent danger of this language abuse escalating into something unpredictable.

Violence is escalating in Chicago though, as bootleggers fight for control over the supply of alcohol.

The fights are bitter, part of an escalating war between business groups and trial lawyers.

The critical question is how effective the major powers have become at managing regional conflicts and preventing them from escalating.

In ancient Palestine, offenses against one's honor were met with an escalating response.

In an escalating war, with insurgency-related violence up by 87% in the six months to March, NATO's losses are also climbing.

What you will be doing is essentially escalating your good qualities instead of your bad ones.

Multilateral talks aimed at resolving the escalating row over North Korea's nuclear weapons program are scheduled to begin in Beijing today.

The groups say villagers crossed Thailand's western border to escape escalating fighting between Burmese forces and Karen rebels.

The series of industrial pollution cases is only becoming public as escalating protests force the government's hand.

The rate of change is escalating in virtually all organizations.

Large data sets with escalating complexity have pushed traditional data mining techniques to new levels of processing demand.

Syria is beefing up security on its home front in a sign of escalating tension with Israel.

One of those risks is Europe's escalating debt crisis.

The escalating safety problems from Chinese exports of toothpaste, toys, tires and seafood is a deeply disturbing trend.

The operation, conducted in early May, also set off an escalating tit-for-tat scuffle between American and Pakistani spies.

U. S. escalating harsh reaction, the reality hit the interests of the United Kingdom.

And then he'll exert the same escalating pressures to get moved to a contender before he turns 60.

It is hard to see it escalating into an all-out war.

Three weeks ago, FedEx issued the second profit warning in a month, citing flagging demand for US freight and escalating fuel costs.

For these reasons the field of Translational Medicine is of continuously escalating significance.

As most of you can see, all around you the unrest and anger is escalating, and will not subside until the root causes are addressed.

A further concern is the escalating dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the Arab revolt.

Mr. Coulson again resigned in January of this year amid the escalating phone-hack scandal.

The escalating health care expenditures will damage equity as well as efficiency.

In the US population, the incidence of low birth weight babies, infertility, and infant mortality are all escalating.

But taking bosses to task for their ever-escalating salaries is not a substitute for keen oversight of performance and strategy.

The Egyptian foreign minister accused Israel of escalating the level of violence in its response to the rocket attacks.

The escalating dispute followed an open letter from five professors at Peking University, who wrote to the NPC on Monday.

The paper examines the escalating commitment in capital budget items from the perspective of rent-seeking behavior.

In the context of escalating international oil, fuel cost is taking more percentage in the cost column of shipping companies.

The dollar advanced as escalating political turmoil in the Middle East drove haven demand for the US currency.

Their call underscores a growing concern of major emerging economies about the escalating economic crisis in the developed world.

Mullen, who had expressed his concern Sunday that the ongoing incidents there risked escalating into open conflict.

Oddly enough, the Bank of England has played its part in escalating the costs of other British pension schemes.

If this statement is true, the Russo-Japanese conflict escalating real trend may be difficult to predict.

China's state media warned that Japan's handling of the incident risked escalating tensions.

AAC's agenda includes empowering parents while escalating the debate over vaccine-related issues.

Suppose you have an arguable neighbor, are you willing to quarrel with him or her everyday and with an escalating style?

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What could this escalating trade tension between the two biggest economies in the world mean for us?

Though still in their early phases in most places, Apple's motions are swiftly escalating in the European Union.

The heavier the batteries, the heavier the structure needed to move the bigger batteries, and so on in an escalating vicious spiral.

and dramatically escalating the row between BP and its partners.

Vietnam has said it will hold live-fire exercises in the South China Sea amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters.

Foreigners aren't the only targets of the government's escalating land grab.

Police are baffled by the escalating murders and disappearances.

Markets are increasingly nervous and risks for the eurozone are escalating.

Markets are increasingly nervous and risks for the eurozone are escalating.

He stressed the need for high-level diplomacy to deal with escalating tensions in the region.

What are the causes of escalating juvenile delinquency?

any test specimen that displays escalating combustion behaviour so that it is unsafe to continue the test and requires forcible extinction.

Escalating tensions have even helped rattle global financial markets.

Crude prices have risen sharply in recent days due to escalating unrest in Libya and the Middle East.

Violence between ethnic groups has been escalating in Pakistan's largest city and politicians are accused of abetting it.

But it would also mean a reduced threat of small incidents, such as the arrested Chinese fisherman, escalating into big ones.

Ergo those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probablility of disaster.

This reprioritisation underscores Beijing's nervousness at escalating public unrest.

The concerns come as US authorities are escalating their probe into alleged insider trading.

Insecurity in Somalia is escalating and people fleeing the conflict are seeking refuge in Kenya.

Escalating regional tensions mean large-scale drilling may be slipping further into the future.

Mr. Zhang spoke even as the problems at Japanese plants were escalating.

So in addition to the escalating costs of buying and smoking your cigs, add in the cost of tooth whitening.

"This is a very volatile area and the risk of an incident escalating is real, " U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

The ready availability of guns has contributed to the escalating violence.

PKK terrorists are hoping to provoke Turkish troops into escalating the violence.

World Diabetes Day raises global awareness of diabetes - its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases.

Cathay is to reduce 20 per cent of its daily scheduled flights from today because of escalating industrial action by the pilots.

Following months of escalating activity, the volcano erupted in late August.

The Government is deliberately escalating the war for political reasons.

A policy institute which contributes to international efforts to find solutions to the world's escalating water crisis.

The escalating price war in real estate is equivalent to an epidemic one does't envisage.

They track nonetheless an escalating gory trend from legal violence to hired gunmen.

However, Lee Myung-bak's policy while filling the escalating confrontation.

Reflecting the government's nervousness about the escalating situation, local media outlets have been ordered to rein in coverage.

Market-wise, stock prices of China-related Internet companies have been escalating in the past few months.

Israel says it is extending an olive branch to Syria in a bid to end an escalating war of words.

Mr Prasad says that "an escalating trade war between these two large economies has the potential to disrupt the world trading system" .

Apart from prolonging the killing, it risks escalating and spreading.

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza has been escalating in recent days.

The FAO says food shortages along with escalating prices "posed a risk to national security" .

Things are getting worse precisely because we are sending more troops and escalating the violence.

The single biggest market trend for us is the escalating demand for natural resources.

Your concern is escalating, and the doctors need information you cannot provide.

None made a jot of difference to escalating wage agreements.

Askari says there are several steps that can be taken to deal with the escalating threat of terrorist attacks.

The question is will those strikes be escalating in the coming days.

But we must recognize that an escalating nuclear arms race in this region would undermine decades of growth and prosperity.

The exercises in both countries point to escalating tensions.

The issue escalating and liaison with counterpart for issue follow up.

I think it's safe to say that all of us here are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in our daily lives.

But should and could China come to Europe's rescue in the continent's escalating debt crisis?

Over the past 16 months, the NDRC has raised fuel prices four times following escalating global crude prices.

Maliki's Shi'ite supporters have also taken to the streets, in what is becoming escalating sectarian strife.

Google is escalating that war today by making a big push to become the de facto directory for local businesses on the Web.

It is an escalating burden on our families and businesses.

The brutality of the conflict is escalating.

The region's problems illustrate the impact of China's escalating energy needs.

Competition is escalating, and not just due to newcomers.

The cost of living is escalating .

The key, then, is how to respond to anticipated North Korean hostilities while preventing the crisis from escalating.

An escalating global food crisis could bring the problem of hunger home to the US and other developed countries.

Clarke admits that doing this would risk escalating tension and might invite retaliation from the Chinese.

And the fights are escalating across Western Europe.

The hostilities in the Persian Gulf is escalating.

Gold burst through $1, 600 an ounce for the first time as the eurozone's escalating debt crisis sent fear through markets.

Eurozone policymakers continue to wrestle ineffectively with their own still-escalating debt crisis.

With the crisis escalating, there is growing pressure to double the IMF's emergency rescue fund to $500bn.

Unfortunately, in some patients their narcotic effects lead to addiction and the need for ever-escalating doses to quell pain.

Costs are escalating at higher amounts than at any time in the last 30 years.

Markets are rightly twitchy because trade disputes have a nasty habit of escalating.

Therefore, the state should balance, to avoid escalating tensions in the development of armed conflict.

The fear is that escalating tensions could ignite a trade war that hurts manufacturers in both countries.

A new global arms race is escalating: the one to protect us from the mosquito.

The likelihood of war is escalating.

You are escalating the self-discipline.

But this is a solution that will take decades to implement, for a crisis that is escalating by the week.

I think neither side has an interest in escalating this.

And the situation is rapidly escalating in Asia.

Our new conventional wisdom is that China's policy leads to escalating trade deficits and the loss of American manufacturing jobs.

With facilities in the development of agricultural technology, to bring the escalating greenhouse industry.

It drives us to keep partners from straying with tactics such as escalating vigilance or showering a partner with affection.

Analysts warn the escalating beef dispute could endanger ratification of the major trade deal the two countries, signed last year.

Others are struggling with escalating costs because of inefficient use of resources.

the same time, River Valley's business are escalating, the community has been Kaimennake style commercial street.

Scores of towns and cities took part in silent marches to show a united front against escalating kidnappings and murders .

The cost of living is escalating in China.

We can look at the escalating Korean conflict to gauge the impact of the latter.

The aging of population is escalating in China, which is challenging the sustainable development of Chinese economy seriously.

Fortunately we are aware of their plans, and whilst we cannot necessarily stop what they are doing we can prevent it from escalating.

Many developing countries are closely watching the role escalating food prices is playing in the turmoil in North Africa.

It is clear that the increase we saw last year was directly related to the escalating conflict.

Both governments have sought to steady their relations after last year's turbulence, and they may want to avoid another escalating feud.

Among the biggest risks the world faces this year is that one or both will break down amid escalating violence.

Escalating property prices have become an emotive issue in Hong Kong in the past year.

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