Instead, they escalate our fear of having difficult conversations.
It's not hard to understand the reasons for all this reform agitation: dismal economic conditions; impossible pressures on the criminal justice system (especially our overpopulated prisons); escalating fears of drug cartel violence, and their insidious, expanding influence; and moral outrage at the damage the drug war has done our families and communities.
Ratings agencies warned that they might cut the firm's credit ratings, escalating the fears in the marketplace.
Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, admitted that he was "very concerned" about the eurozone crisis, which has been escalating amid fears that Spain may need a bailout.
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.
But escalating insecurity and fears about rising violence are leading many to view a settlement as the only real option in ending the war.
Since then violence along the border has escalated amid fears that South Sudan is sliding into a new armed conflict with its northern neighbor.
