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But as the war over Kosovo escalates, such analogies prove to be of limited and rapidly diminishing use.
If the situation escalates, a threat conference may be convened.
The unfairness of Gore's accusations escalates in response to Bradley's attempts to defend himself.
Thanks to first-rate sound equipment, though, we hear everything they hear--especially a snapping of branches in the dark outside their tent that escalates into an omnidirectional clatter.
One solution is to make the axons of the neurons bigger but this increases brain size again and the problem escalates.