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According to the Post lead, the FBI's willingness to let the NTSB (the government's accident investigation body) remain for the time being in charge of the EgyptAir investigation, rather than officially ratcheting it up into an up-front criminal probe, has a payoff: It placates the Egyptian authorities, who therefore have been more cooperative in sharing flight and personnel records with the Bureau, which outside the U.S. has no power to seize evidence.
Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) win praise for ratcheting up the sexual tension, a central part of the TV show's appeal.
A similar ratcheting up is afoot in the Microsoft wars, with, the NYT front reports, thirteen states planning a joint antitrust action, separate from the pending federal case against the company, to block the release of Windows 98.
Russia is ratcheting up its threats against NATO over the bombing of Yugoslavia.
Democratic Senator John Kerry articulates the central worry: "How do we avoid this ratcheting up on an annual basis?"