In a more successful de-escalation effort, Encinia might have taken stock of Bland's frustration and made a conscious effort to avoid further conflict.
Plaid Cymru remains adamant that not all peaceful channels have been exhausted and that the response to the Syrian crisis should be limited to de-escalation efforts, namely diplomatic and humanitarian, in order to avoid further bloodshed.
Kim said she believed the LAPD has been responsive to the public's calls to reduce police shootings, improve de-escalation efforts and mend relationships with residents.
Wilson and aspects of police culture need to be held accountable for their role in this process including Wilson's very minimal de-escalation efforts.
The targeting of General Cartwright in the investigation of disclosures about cyberattacks on Iran also represents an escalation of effort.
Yet international human rights and anti-slavery groups are warning that this year's violence against activists marks an escalation in efforts by the Uzbek government to prevent reports of forced labour from making their way into the international spotlight.
INTERNATIONAL An article on Saturday about the Obama administration's escalation of efforts to isolate Iran economically overstated the significance of the action it announced on Friday toward the country's petrochemical industry.
The escalation of his effort in Iowa, along with a more aggressive schedule in New Hampshire and an expanding presence in South Carolina, is the strongest indication yet that Mr. Romney is shifting from a defensive, make-no-mistakes crouch to an assertive offensive strategy.
Unite Here, the nation's largest hospitality workers' union, had previously called for boycotts of individual Hyatt hotel properties, but the unveiling of a global boycott campaign at a Monday morning press conference in Washington, D.C., marked an escalation of this effort.
The president could still explicitly call for Mr. Assad's removal as part of a deliberate escalation of American efforts, the senior administration official said.
A recent escalation in official efforts to stem the influence of Western political thinking on Chinese campuses should only fire ambitions to leave.
