In December, 2015, the Council of Economic Advisers, the research wing of the White House, released an issue brief concerning the escalating use of fines, fees, and money bail around the country.
With the escalating use of metrics across all areas of our lives, we have seen the power of numbers shifting from being about faith to being about persuasion.
"Given the escalating use of naval assets, NATO had no choice but to take decisive action to protect the civilian population of Libya and NATO forces at sea".
It could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons, or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm.
In particular, the study found no evidence that the declining use of cocaine, as measured by hospital discharges for cocaine-related episodes, was associated with a drop in crime, or that the escalating use was associated with an increase.
The escalating use of the death penalty in the Middle East is seen as a tactic by the authorities to spread fear among dissidents in order to prevent them from participating in pro-democracy movements.
Late last summer, coinciding with the escalating use of air power, the regime also began dropping hints, little pointed reminders, that it possessed chemical weapons — something the international community has known, and worried about, for years.
Some legal scholars say the escalating use of such high-tech techniques for enhancing traditional police activities is eroding the pragmatic considerations that used to limit how far a law-enforcement official could intrude on people's privacy without court oversight.
To read more about the Independent's visit to Russia to investigate the escalating use of krokodil click here Krokodil is also highly addictive and short-lasting – meaning many addicts exist in a never-ending cycle of drug consumption and drug preparation.
Re "Trouble With Marijuana Arrests" (editorial, Sept. 27): While Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly's memo may mark the end of the explosion in low-level marijuana arrests, let there be no doubt that the broader issues related to the New York Police Department's escalating use of stop-and-frisk remain as troublesome as ever.
