"The issue has been escalating and we urge fellow social media users to assist in bringing this type of abuse to the attention of the authorities".
But the documents show that U.S. military planners were contemplating - and urging - escalating military action.
And in a campaign season replete with escalating rhetoric, the president urged the public not to react with fear that could ignite anger against Muslims, which he said would provide ballast to the Islamic State's propaganda campaign.
Far from putting the dispute to one side, as Deng urged, China is escalating it into a full-blown diplomatic stand-off.
In particular its focus is on critical infrastructure and the types of threats President Barack Obama mentioned in his State of the Union address last night when he announced he had signed an executive order to protect the nation's infrastructure from the escalating danger of cyber attacks, urging the U.S. Congress to pass a Cyber Security bill.
As the North Korea crisis has escalated, China has urged the U.S. to consider offering North Korea a deal known as "freeze for freeze," in which the North would halt further tests if the U.S. halts or reduces joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan exercises that China resents as well.
So your urges escalated".
Nikita Khrushchev had initially supported North Vietnam out of "fraternal solidarity", but as the war escalated he had urged the North Vietnamese leadership to give up the quest of liberating South Vietnam.
NBA star Carmelo Anthony took to Instagram late Monday, as tensions continued to escalate in Baltimore, urging protesters to "build our city up not tear it down". "To see my city in a State of Emergency is just shocking.
So your urges escalated, and based on the numbers that we all know go unreported, I can't even guess how many vulnerable children and families you actually assaulted.
"We urge the administration to reconsider escalating this trade war," said Baucus, who represented Montana in the Senate and later served as President Barack Obama's ambassador to China.
