By then the situation had turned chaotic in Concepción.
Yet for the past month, some of the normally placid downtown streets in this windswept seaside capital have turned chaotic.
Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee, said the situation had turned "chaotic and almost farcical".
Abductions of journalists inside Syria have increased sharply this year as the ravages of the conflict have worsened and the insurgency has turned more jihadist and chaotic, making the country one of the most hostile conflict zones for news gatherers in recent memory, according to news media advocacy organizations, rights workers and veteran correspondents.
In general, the official said, Johnson was seeking direction on how to handle what has turned into a potentially chaotic situation on the Jets, with Al Groh having suddenly resigned as the coach after one season to take the head coaching job at Virginia and Bill Parcells yet to make clear just what his future is with the team.
This chaotic season has turned into just that for the Mets, a fight to even have a chance, a fight to make themselves valid again.
This has turned the relatively easy title into a chaotic challenge, and attracted more than five million viewers over its four-day run.
But whereas previous governments were chaotic in their awfulness, this one has turned out to be systematic.
The dig has turned up signs of what Smith called a "major conflagration" — collapsed columns, broken glass, fragmented mosaics and burned wood all in a chaotic mix.
The peace talks unfolding here aimed at ending Somalia's long civil war have turned as chaotic as the country itself.
Mr. Trichet said that companies might be drawing on existing credit lines or they might be relying on bank lending because bond markets have turned so chaotic.
