51.   Every revelation of the past ups the ante of the present.

52.   Facing an uphill fight for re-election, Clinton needed money for a Dick Morris ad campaign and upped the ante.

53.   Fisher immediately upped the ante.

54.   Frustrated, Matson upped the ante, writing threatening letters to the attorney who had represented the stepdaughters in probate court.

55.   Fuji Photo is upping the ante in the struggle by pushing forward into new digital technology.

56.   He wants to up the ante.

57.   I tried upping the ante and dangled the club presidency as an enticement, and he turned that down, too.

58.   If the Republicans are that much a lost cause, then the Democrats should up the ante by making public financing of campaigns a prime issue.

59.   In any case, recent events have upped the ante on Golden Pond, pitting locals against state officials in a bitter struggle.

60.   In fact, he upped the ante today by saying he wants a balanced-budget requirement attached to the debt-limit bill.