The move has escalated fears of a media clampdown ahead of elections on 1 November.
A series of earthquakes and small eruptions at Mount Unzen in the early 1990s escalated fears of another disaster, but that catastrophe never materialized.
Billy melts down, but he melts slowly, his panic leaking through the cracks opened up by his escalating fear.
Even before Ms Estemirova's murder, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, a colleague, talked of escalating fear in the region and pressure on human-rights activists.
"Why do women have to be punished for wearing something that represents freedom, and health, fitness and enjoyment?" The French laws suggest an escalating fear of any expression of the Islamic faith coming after a Muslim truck driver killed eighty-six people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.
For the most part, we're not there trying to escalate fear.
The financial sector is frozen, the economy is slowing and the housing market is plagued by the triple whammy of rising foreclosures, a paralyzed securitization market and escalating fears about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which own or guarantee about $5 trillion in mortgages.
With the exception of Visa's highly anticipated offering, the public offering market has ground to a near halt this year because of tighter credit markets and escalating fears about a possible recession in the United States.
The rouble suffered its biggest one-day decline since 1998 as oil prices continued to fall on Monday, escalating fears about the Russian economy.
A stronger yen also hangs over Honda, while surging raw materials prices and escalating fears over the health of the global economy weigh on the overall industry.
What is needed in an Ebola Czar is not only coordination, but also someone who can help calm the significant and escalating fears of the American public.
