It is if by taking away, he magnifies.
That view of history also clarifies and magnifies Blair's achievement in returning Labour to its roots in a radical liberalism.
The point is that the Post, with its Master-of-Evil treatment of people like Mr Mohammed, magnifies the effect of any act of terrorism.
Animosity to Mr Brown is not as violent as it is in England, where his Scottishness magnifies the spite (though for some in Glasgow he is insufficiently Scottish, a sort of Celtic Uncle Tom).
Leverage is an elixir that makes profits soar when times are good, but magnifies losses when the economy sours.
The misery is enhanced by media attention, which scrutinises and magnifies every small mistake or error of judgment.Add in the commercial pressures to discover celebrities, which mean that it takes less and less time to become famous.
APEC thus dramatically magnifies America's own effort to continue reducing global barriers.The second element in the global scenario would then be a major new effort in the WTO, perhaps the "Millennium Round" called for by Sir Leon Brittan or at least a simultaneous "round-up" of key issues as proposed by my colleague Jeffrey Schott.
According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, an author and investor, HFT "magnifies changes and ultimately makes the system weaker".The market can correct some of these problems.
The worry is exacerbated by the high leverage (ie, use of borrowed money) of many hedge funds: this boosts returns on good days but magnifies losses too.So far, though, there have been no big problems.
If all these reforms were done at the same time, which magnifies their effect, the IMF reckons they could add some 5.7% to GDP in five years' time and as much as 10.5% in ten years'.
And it magnifies the sums at stake: nearly a trillion euros for 2014-20.
