1.   Israel escalated its attacks into southern Lebanon during early June.

2.   As they struggle to get noticed, GOP presidential candidates are escalating their attacks on one another in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.

3.   Bin Laden, meanwhile, escalated his attack on the United States in a fax sent to the television news office in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

4.   Al Gore escalated his attacks against the pharmaceutical industry, criticizing two drug companies by name and calling for greater competition in the industry.

5.   But they vowed to escalate the attacks and expand the targets.

6.   But, once again, both sides escalated their attacks while blaming each other for the violence.

7.   Either way, the NATO strike ended a disturbing period that had seen Serbs flout United Nations mandates and escalate their attacks against civilians and peacekeepers with apparent impunity.

8.   Ever since President Clinton signed the welfare bill last month, unions around the nation have escalated attacks on workfare.

9.   In the wake of the attacks, the Israeli Cabinet appeared united in its determination to escalate attacks on the Palestinian Authority.

10.   Indeed, as Gore has escalated his attacks on the Texas governor over the past few months he has slipped behind Bush in the polls.