1.   And it left open the fourth option, to step up military action against Hanoi and otherwise escalate the war.

2.   We do not want to escalate the war.

3.   Military leaders in Serbia reacted angrily to the airdrop plan, warning that it could escalate the war.

4.   As a former Senate majority leader, President Lyndon Johnson also was an experienced foreign policy hand, yet he drastically escalated the war in Vietnam.

5.   At the same time, Turkey has escalated its war against its own Kurdish minority, turning southeastern Turkey into a free-fire zone.

6.   But he was uneasy about escalating the war.

7.   But instead of returning to the bargaining table, the union, by filing new charges, has escalated the war of words between Boeing and its striking employees.

8.   Composed mainly of Muslim Arabs in the north, the Bashir regime has escalated the war against rebel forces in the south.

9.   Dole vowed to escalate the war on drugs, bringing in the National Guard to watch the U.S. borders.

10.   Escalating its war against arch-rival Sybase, Oracle yesterday introduced software designed to let corporations more easily create programs for computer networks.