1.   And in this sense the book is a prescient and invaluable guide to understanding the collapse of the peace process and the dangerously escalating conflict that has replaced it.

2.   But concern over an escalating conflict fought with U.S. weapons is scarcely a hostile act.

3.   But he then began to have a recurring nightmare about an escalating conflict in Kosovo.

4.   Croatia would suffer grievously if escalating conflict leads to renewed war against regular Serbian troops.

5.   Diplomats and military officials fear that the escalating conflict could draw the region into a wider war.

6.   Israeli and Palestinian leaders continued to trade harsh accusations about which side was responsible for the escalating conflict.

7.   Pope John Paul II sent Bush a personal message on the Mideast crisis as the Vatican stepped up a diplomatic offensive seeking to halt the escalating conflict.

8.   Rather than expressing relief after escaping the escalating conflict between ethnic Albanians and the Serb minority, both said they were sorry they could not have stayed longer.

9.   The dispute underscores an escalating conflict between advocates for freedom of speech and academics and an industry that is trying to extend intellectual property rights into the digital world.

10.   The escalating conflict has engulfed the two sides in a battle that has taken on all of the aspects of war.