"It is escalation all around the city".
But whatever the makeup of the rebels, or the government's forces, Power's email reflected the growing sense in New York that a serious escalation is around the corner – or already here.
She's not necessarily in the thick of this mini-escalation gathered around the car; she's 10 to 15 feet beyond the hive, helping organize the larger group, as she had been doing all night, to form a vast human circle that would block the entire intersection of Ontario and Huron Roads.
The attacks continue the escalation in violence around Gaza in recent weeks.
Mr. Bush wants Americans to believe that Iraq was on the verge of "full-blown sectarian warfare" when he boldly ordered an escalation of forces around Baghdad last year.
The escalation of protests around the race, and the desire to keep protesters away, has led the police to return to their former practice of firing birdshot in the Shia villages around the capital, Manama.
Land price escalation in and around the city, on an average was more than 235% per year from 1975 to 1990.
The greatest external threat to the uprising may be the possible escalation of crisis around nuclear issues.
The escalation of diabetes around the world is an indicator of how off course we've gone.
