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An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism. -- Mary Douglas
These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. -- William S. Cohen
Have you ever played a video game that didn't have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills. -- Brendon Burchard
Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism. -- Kate Christensen
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. -- Karen Armstrong
Saudi Arabia is, of course, the keystone of OPEC. Saudi Arabia has had the distinction of remaining stable through all the escalating tumult of recent decades, reliably pumping out its roughly 10 million barrels a day like Bossy the cow in America's oil import barn. -- James Howard Kunstler
The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's airspace. The last of these incidents, involving 16-year-old Cody Bearden and his father, Leon, is the one that finally forced the federal government to pay attention to the escalating crisis. -- Brendan I. Koerner
Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. -- William S. Cohen
When it's me in my living room, it's pretty pure, and then what gets recorded involves more people, and it keeps escalating from there. -- Liz Phair
Vicki M. Taylor's "Not Without Anna," is a gripping, hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at the escalating crisis of teen alcohol and drug abuse. Charlene Austin -- Vicki M. Taylor
Each time you dip into the well of existence it changes you. Rapid mental development is that process. It is a process of escalating your evolution. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs. -- Barack Obama
The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren't they having a conclave; why aren't they coming together? -- Elton John
The new wrinkle is that escalating advances in technology are nourishing the narcissistic ego the way chicken manure nourishes a rose bush, while exploding worldwide population is allowing its effects to multiply geometrically. -- Tom Robbins

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