11.   Since Kabila took power in Congo, the guerrilla conflict has escalated in northwest Rwanda.

12.   Sometimes the conflicts escalate and get ugly, other times they go well and are resolved.

13.   The conflict has only escalated in recent weeks.

14.   The conflict has since escalated on both sides, which are shielded by high-priced lawyers and publicity agents.

15.   The conflict could easily escalate.

16.   The conflict has escalated in recent months to a battle for control.

17.   The simmering conflict escalated last summer with incursions into Indian-held Kashmir from bases in Pakistan, nearly provoking another war between the nuclear powers.

18.   They are surrounded by violence, and as the conflict escalates around them, they are clinging desperately to the hope that peace will reach them before war does.

19.   Washington has rightly, though belatedly, come to recognize that it cannot afford to stand aside while this conflict escalates.

20.   Pakistan pushed hard Thursday for international intervention in the conflict, fearing the conflict would escalate.