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  • Many main roads to and along the coast have been cleared, making way for a noticeable ramping-up of aid trucks as well as rescue workers.

    Aid Begins to Reach the Hardest-Hit Areas Eric Bellman 2011

  • "Standoff on the deal with the government has resulted in delay in government approval for ramping-up production from Mangala Field to 150,000 barrels a day from current 125,000 barrels a day and may impact development of Bhagyam and Aishwarya fields," Mr. Mittal said.

    India Soon to Decide on Cairn Sale to Vedanta Rakesh Sharma 2011

  • Others credit the proliferation of "Wild Card" teams in the playoffs of both football and baseball for ramping-up the popularity of both sports on TV and at the stadiums -- professional sports have been termed the "ultimate reality programming," because you never know what's going to happen.

    Howard Barbanel: Football as a Metaphor for Americanism and the Giants as the "Home Team" for Red State Republicans Howard Barbanel 2012

  • Arab League states presented Damascus late Sunday with a plan to end the violence in Syria, to which they expect the government to respond on Monday, the latest in their ramping-up of pressure on Mr. Assad.

    Syrian Activists Say Assad Gains Advantage Nour Malas 2011

  • A former member of the Georgian Parliament said that in the three months before the “Rose Revolution,” “from August through October, Soros spent $42 million ramping-up for the overthrow of Shevardnadze.”

    a 2004 neocon attack on soros 2008

  • Policymakers, drained and distracted by Afghanistan, seem to now favor a patchworked combination of more AU troops 2,000 additional soldiers have just been pledged and ramping-up of American drone strikes.

    Frankie Martin: Somalia: America Needs to Engage Frankie Martin 2010

  • Policymakers, drained and distracted by Afghanistan, seem to now favor a patchworked combination of more AU troops (2,000 additional soldiers have just been pledged) and ramping-up of American drone strikes.

    Frankie Martin: Somalia: America Needs to Engage 2010

  • Policymakers, drained and distracted by Afghanistan, seem to now favor a patchworked combination of more AU troops (2,000 additional soldiers have just been pledged) and ramping-up of American drone strikes.

    Frankie Martin: Somalia: America Needs to Engage 2010

  • "We're seeing a considerable ramping-up of interest in getting this kind of training."

    States and cities across U.S. build networks to collect information on citizens Dana Priest 2010

  • Obama has to decide now whether to side with the American people and the Afghan people calling for a rapid reduction in US force, or with a small military clique demanding a ramping-up of the conflict. var blogs_amount = 0;

    Tom Matlack: World Politics: Wanting to Puke 2009

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