Fear escalated sharply on Saturday afternoon (a day after the earthquake) when a huge hydrogen explosion rocked Unit One, sending radiation readings soaring.
When sparks from pyrotechnic fountains hit the suspended ceiling, many people at first did not seem to understand the danger, but fear escalated as flames and smoke spread.
The risk, if that fear escalates, is that it will also be seen as a reason to cut corners or give up on progressive values, such as a skeptical, aggressive press.
But those fears escalated sharply on Friday when a large bomb obliterated a Beirut block, killing eight people including Brig.
Those fears escalated in October, when opponents of British Columbia's ambitious farmed Atlantic salmon program, which is heavily promoted by the government, presented lab results they said showed an asymptomatic form of the virus in wild Pacific salmon.
As tramp fears escalated, a "scientific charity" movement arose to coordinate and stifle "outdoor relief," the nickname for assistance not given within poorhouse walls.
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I was holding back from experimenting with casual encounters in fear that it could compromise my health, but had let the fear escalate to the point where I thought I'd contracted something just by being in close proximity to other gay men in a bar or club.
She expressed the torn feelings of many South Koreans — anger and a fear of escalating hostilities.
Although the production and shipment of Pakistan products, like yarn and knit polo shirts, continue uninterrupted, many American companies have not placed new orders out of fear that escalating hostilities could interfere with getting the products to market on time.
