But these days, fewer big buildings are changing hands, and prices are no longer escalating at a dizzying pace.
That may be helped by the fact that prices are no longer escalating the way they did the last few years.
With his wife standing by his side, Mr. Norquist, 51, said he was admitting the affair with Ms. Figueroa, who is 41 and divorced, because "there have been repeated threats and attempts to coerce my family economically and emotionally" and "we can no longer tolerate escalating threats and outrageous demands".
In extreme cases for example, if a child is in danger of harming themselves or others, or a mental health situation is getting out of control with rapid mood swings, agitation, hallucinations or substance abuse, and parents fear they are no longer able to de-escalate the situation, then parents may want to consider making a trip to the emergency room for their child.
You're responsible for EVERYTHING and no longer have a manager to escalate your issues to.
As the rhetoric and the threat levels escalate, Trump is no longer simply a national embarrassment, he's a national menace.
She feared for her safety, and the situation escalated until she no longer felt safe on campus.
The 'dinosaur' could no longer survive - closing due to the escalating costs of running a 45,000 square foot physical retail store on one of the priciest strips of real estate in the world.
But as the cost of living escalated, her aunt could no longer afford the fees and Maureen was forced to drop out of school.
At that point, escalating the arms race will no longer be favored by natural selection, and the evolutionary one-upping will stop.
The cost of power station construction is escalating sharply and generation costs can no longer be estimated with confidence.
