| 单词 | ratchet |
| 例句 | Once, I started with terror at a ratcheting upon my foot, to find a horseshoe crab trundling past in search of a pool, its saber-tail and lobed armor grotesque in the extreme. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1963, the level of activity and the emotional pitch within the region ratcheted up a notch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He also didn’t argue or wheedle or cajole or ratchet the charm way up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was with the sun’s westward crawl that Mariam’s anxiety really ratcheted up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She took in a deep breath, and it ratcheted slightly as it went in, like there was something heavy in her chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Really, just say, “Cash Money Records, takin’ over for the ’99 and the 2000,” and she suddenly becomes ratchet as hell. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But to Mulch, each cog had a distinctive signature and when a ratchet caught, it was so loud as to be deafening. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson’s concern ratcheted up another level when he started taking a good look at the British crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He strained and loosened the bolt, supporting the old starter motor with his hand while he ratcheted the remaining bolt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Second,” I say with another clap, “how is speaking up for myself being ratchet? If you saw those videos, you’d know that’s all I did.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It ratchets up the difficulty level of keeping all these feelings in check. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah, because if you were me, you’d prefer that that video was released instead of videos of you acting ratchet at the Ring,” Shana says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I love how the sky stays light right into evening, how Lake Michigan gets busy with sailboats and the heat ratchets up to the point that it’s almost impossible to recall the struggles of winter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Being so close to her old house made Reyna feel ratcheted tight like a catapult winch. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In 1793, the Reign of Terror, already intense, ratcheted up to a higher gear. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Under cover of darkness, the gangs ratcheted up the action. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Akmon pulled a ratchet wrench from the tool belt and spun it like a noisemaker. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On the right there are two images of his rack-and-pinion ratchet mechanism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Each wheel is attached to a ratchet system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He raised his hands, and the tension on the bridge ratcheted even higher. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z HUAC's hearings riveted the nation—and ratcheted up J. Edgar Hoover's frustration with the FBI's increasingly fruitless investigation into Elizabeth Bentley's allegations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You played that ratchet hood rat role. You know how much publicity you ’bout to get from this?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Leonardo’s sketch is already implicitly drawn to scale, with a detail of the ratchet mechanism shown at a higher level of magnification. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Essentially ratcheting himself upward, a climber thereby ascends the rope. the rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Plate 15 shows his design for a ratchet winch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’ve been called ghetto, ratchet, a hood rat with no home training. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was around the same time that the piano’s close relative the organ also mastered the art of volume control, thanks to a device called a ‘ratchet swell pedal’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately. I acted a fool. Supreme’s eating it up though. The record exec, too. They think it’s great that people think I’m a ‘ratchet hood rat.’ On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I swear the Gamemakers are progressively ratcheting up the temperature in the daytime and sending it plummeting at night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Look, Cap’s president. We’re stuck with that. But there’s still time to puncture the tires of this bandwagon before the Halloween dance ratchets him up to icon status.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Henry pulls out his earbuds, and his posture has ratcheted back up straight, but his face is still bleary and confused. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Meant to ratchet up tension, they cheapen it instead. Review: ‘The Cake’ Is Well-Baked but Not Quite Filling 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z According to another producer, the film’s handlers began working to ratchet up buzz for the film to ensure that the right distributors would be in the Thursday-night audience. The Carpetbagger: Sundance: The Politics of Picking an Opening-Night Film 2014-01-17T18:27:19Z And also with “Zola,” where the character you think would be the ratchet character is actually the white girl who is appropriating Black culture — a certain window of Black culture, of street ghetto culture. Colman Domingo’s Crooked Summer 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Should you wish to ratchet up the heat, there’s pickled okra ringing the edge of the platter. Review | Some like it hot. Pappe’s Indian fare is made for those who do. 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z But it also ratcheted up the pressure on a show packed with teenage stars, whose surging hormones and heights place the production on a limited timeline in even the best of situations. ‘Stranger Things’ Is Back, and the Duffer Brothers Made It Big 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Had there been some ambiguity about Javi's criminality, the film might have ratcheted up the tension. Movie Review: Give in to Nic Cage's "Massive Talent" 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z They are tied around trees using straps and ratchets. Tree tents get campers off the ground and into the air 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z On Harmony, regular sanitary conditions are called “OPP1,” and they get ratcheted up to “OPP2” when there’s a “6 in 6,” or six passengers reported ill in six hours. Secret codes, subliminal messaging behind world’s biggest cruise ship 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But this week, Trump abandoned that bipartisan tradition to ratchet up his bellicose threats — leading the alt-right website Breitbart to declare Trump the winner of “round one with North Korea.” “Wimpism has taken over”: Right-wing media beat the war drums on North Korea 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z That night, as I walked from the headquarters building to my wife and kids waiting for me in the post’s family housing area, my sense of unease continued to ratchet tighter. When the war came for me 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z Next up was the album’s title track, which treads some of the same harmonic turf but with a more changeable approach to tempo, ratcheting up at a moment’s notice. Music Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio at Village Vanguard 2012-03-28T21:59:28Z For others, it’s ratcheting up the tension, like in “Wait Until Dark.” “Other people scare me. Monsters are not real”: “XX” is a 4-segment horror anthology directed by women 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And Carey has always had a great ear for the comedy of frustration, which he displays by ratcheting up the tension between Irene and her father-in-law until she can’t take it anymore. Review | Peter Carey’s new novel is a strange ride through Australia’s racist past — and present 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z For most of the film, he avoids painting in broad strokes while ratcheting up the conflict between Porter, a tattooed veteran living on a boat, and the bespectacled, seemingly upright Malcolm. ‘Bruiser’ Review: Of Fathers and Fractures 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The deteriorating environmental conditions of the Institute and an approaching desert storm ratchet up the tension even further. A First Novel Exposes the Hollow Core of the Global Big Ideas Industry 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Some analysts theorized that Mr. Cruise’s presence ratcheted up box-office expectations; others contended that coverage of his personal life has diminished his star power. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Tops Weekend Box Office 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z And in Act 3, Bychkov ratcheted up the orchestral volume a bit too much, occasionally giving his singers a hard time. Prom 19: Tristan und Isolde – review 2013-07-28T16:59:00Z “What North does best, though, is ratchet up the tension, imperceptibly at first, then with increasing urgency. If you like being terrified, ‘The Whisper Man’ has your name on it.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The trailer, at first, plays like a montage of home video reels—Jackie as dignified public figure, picture of elegance, doting mother—but quickly ratchets up the drama of sudden loss and grief and desperation. See Natalie Portman in the First Trailer for 'Jackie' 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Each spoonful is a ratchet up in sourness: pickled chiles declaring themselves in the depths, along with pickled garlic, pickled cabbage and a generous slosh of rice vinegar. Sichuan That Moves Beyond Spiciness at Chuan Tian Xia 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In his telling, she keeps ratcheting up the profanity until he quotes her using a racial epithet. On Comedy: Appreciating the Comics Sean Patton and Ted Alexandro 2014-03-12T20:01:16Z When the men are separated by circumstance, the film slowly ratchets up its tension. Kelly Reichardt's "First Cow" is a captivating and unhurried look at race & class in 1800s Oregon 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “This is like an arms race, and people keep ratcheting each other up,” he said. When parents are so desperate to get their kids into college that they sabotage other students 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “It ratchets up the war with journalists and, as far as I’m concerned, the general public.” White House excludes CNN from Trump session, with no protest 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z We are very, very far from the Swedish example, and as rhetoric about exploding “entitlements” gets ratcheted up, probably getting further. Ladies, Uncle Sam needs your uterus! 2012-12-03T18:30:00Z But in a year that saw U.S. troop levels in Vietnam ratcheted up from 23,000 to 184,300, it was also easy to read as a comment on the war. Review | How the Vietnam War changed art forever 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “Navalny” debuted while pressure was ratcheted up on Navalny, who has been jailed for more than a year, and while tensions are escalating over Russia’s troop buildup along Ukraine’s borders. ‘Navalny’ aims to make noise for imprisoned Russian leader 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The resort felt it had to ratchet up security since the 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, being that it hosts large queer crowds. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z As “The Babadook” proceeds, ratcheting up both the suspense and the odd, surreal comedy that accompanies but does not diminish it, every boundary in Amelia and Sam’s world seems to collapse. In ‘The Babadook,’ a Frightfully Unwelcome Guest 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z So that’s when you’d actually want to ratchet up Federal aid, which is in fact what the Obama administration did with the American Opportunity Tax Credit and significant increase in Pell grants. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z The R. Kelly interview ratcheted up King’s stock at CBS and beyond. Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z On "Real Money," the verse backdrop is a rhythmic push-pull between a horn stab and a tambourine shake; the combination evinces Vitamin's anti-clutter production style and ratchets attention to his raps. Music Monday: Butts, Vitamin D, Usher 2010-04-05T19:01:00Z In “American Kingpin,” he ratchets up the tech industry parallels with good reason, but it can feel overdetermined. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The multimedia flourishes ratchet up the havoc but aren’t allowed to upstage the helpless human figures scrambling for survival. Tyranny and resistance: Albert Camus' 1948 drama 'L’État de siège' carries new relevance 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Then you ratchet up the tension and hopefully keep everyone on the edge of their seats. A new "Trespass" in Joel Schumacher's film career 2011-10-11T17:03:08Z Mr. Amiri has a free hand with embellishment, and a love of casual staples — hoodies, flannels and so on — ratcheted to luxurious but still flea-bitten extremes. Are You Ready to (Dress Like You) Rock? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Then Everts likes to ratchet up the intensity. Personal training for seniors doesn’t mean an easier routine 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z As Simpson peels away layers of secrets at the heart of her marriage, including her husband’s connection to the shadowy and dangerous titular character, the suspense ratchets up — slowly, slowly, then all at once. Anne Simpson Thought She Knew Her Husband. She Didn’t. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z As a result of the reader’s choices, the characters seem more like him- or herself, with a concurrent ratcheting up of emotional investment. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z Friedkin’s is spare and no-nonsense, ratcheting up the tension through well-chosen angles, lacerating cuts and performances that make vivid impressions even when allotted scant screen time. ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Review: Righting the Ship 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z His Chekov was a more comic role, his relative youth and vulnerability being ratcheted up, saucer-eyed with earnest self-importance as he relayed vital information to Kirk or Spock on the bridge. Anton Yelchin: actor of cherubic charm who inspired huge affection | Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z This is another major achievement for conductor Edward Gardner, who is wonderfully alert to every nuance, while ratcheting up the intensity to almost unbearable levels at times. Wozzeck – review 2013-05-12T13:50:43Z Whittle down the big idea, ratchet it up a notch, and repeat to a beat—fight the power, and imagine all the people living life in peace, because God is a d.j. Polarized Punks 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, the exotic music of the words, enhanced by the stirring percussive accompaniment by Mark Bennett, ratchets up the tension as the story advances to a brutal climax. Salome, We Hardly Knew Ye 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The new series ratchets up the comedy and the drama, with Jock now a teenage dad. The Young Offenders: 'A Cork accent is a bizarre noise to come out of a mouth' 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z In her review for The Times, Jeannette Catsoulis wrote that the film creates a “surpassingly creepy atmosphere and a patiently ratcheting unease.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ and ‘Genius: Aretha’ 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Artists sometimes ratcheted up tensions by referencing suspected gang members and memorializing dead or jailed friends in tracks and videos, Salihu said. After a Star’s Killing, Sweden Struggles With ‘Gangster Rap’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This master of human observation — who will be given a major tribute at the Kennedy Center March 14 — clearly had a few literary faculties in place even as he was ratcheting bolts on cars. Book review: ‘Skylight’ by Jose Saramago 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z His parents, on the other hand, act as ratchet and unruly as they want to be and Jamal storms off. Empire recap: season two, episode eight – My Bad Parts 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The Trump administration is ratcheting up a long-festering trade dispute with the European Union by proposing 100 percent tariffs on a variety of European goods, including whiskies, cheeses and wines. Proposed tariffs could send some European wine prices out of reach 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “I don’t know if I should be thanked for that or scolded beyond belief,” Ms. Gotti said, of her place in the pantheon of reality television, “because I know they call it ‘ratchet TV.’” Victoria Gotti Is Back in a Big Way on Your Teensy Screens 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z With hometown dates on the horizon, the tension and competition is ratcheting up. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Italian Cheese and Whine 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Across the country, eye-watering cuts to local authority budgets mean that councils are either closing museums or ratcheting up charges. We need to start charging for museums and galleries again 2011-03-06T00:12:32Z The sequel ratchets up the automotive splendor with longer, more elaborate sequences where the crashed cars fly higher, the explosions are bigger and the vehicles move at ungodly speeds. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose It’s inevitable that we’ll have to get to a definition of “ratchet,” so let’s dispense with it quickly. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z The White House announcement, expected later in the day, will ratchet up punishment on those implementing the law, officials told Reuters. U.S. to announce measures against Uganda for anti-gay law: officials 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z For instance, during games of hide-and-seek in our communal courtyard, some kid would invariably yell out, "La migra!" to ratchet up the tension by positing the chasers as mock immigration enforcement officials. Making sense of a senseless world: How children's books can mitigate the horror around us 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But the new plan will ratchet up the competitive pressure on these fledgling services, forcing them to offer more free music as enticements to new users. Facebook Is Expected to Unveil Media-Sharing Service 2011-09-18T21:40:54Z The viewer feels the energy ratchet up, in the music and movement. At Cal State L.A., Pennington group delivers modern dance with a message 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Slimani ratchets up the tension here through close quarters, resentment and complicity. Review | ‘The Woman in the Window’ or ‘The Wife Between Us’? A guide to the best new thrillers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It's a perfect setup that lets TV news organizations ratchet up the freak-out factor incrementally, and position their teams where they think the most spectacular and terrifying images might be. Why TV news is addicted to weather porn 2011-08-29T12:30:00Z The adrenaline in my system must have decided to ratchet up a notch, because I was suddenly overcome by a wave of nausea. Severed 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Jonathan Wright Though no match for real-life events in the UK right now, the tension and intrigue continue to ratchet up in this US adaptation of the acclaimed Danish series. TV highlights 28/07/11 2011-07-27T20:59:01Z A series of similar behavioral incidents serves to isolate mother and son in the house, the horror ratcheting up accordingly. 'The Babadook,' smart and dark, delivers grown-up horrors 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z A well-phrased one-liner may cause a chuckle, but it plays merry hell with suspense and oft means you have to go back and start ratcheting up the tension again. Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z Loeb later ratcheted up his rhetoric in public pleas for the company to adopt his proposal and said in his second-quarter 2013 letter to Third Point investors that Sony's entertainment arm "remains poorly managed." Activist investor Dan Loeb sells stake in Sony Corp. 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The idea is to ratchet up suspense but also to leave copious room for doubt and questioning. Feeling guilty when the bomb goes off in ‘I Call My Brothers’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z We had limited resources, so to make the second half of the picture more like real time, it would ratchet up the tension. "I never set out to be an action star": Dolph Lundgren on his career and the toll taken on his body 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z But sometimes it's a single well-placed song in a production that really ratchets up the tension and the emotion. Monday theatre roundup: on music and memories 2012-02-13T14:53:53Z More recently, Americans with permission to travel to Cuba were allowed to bring back $100 worth of goods, but the Bush administration ratcheted up sanctions in 2004, imposing a total ban. Cigar-smuggling pigeons to touch down at New York gallery 2013-10-23T12:06:27Z All the major characters harbor concealed agendas that Boyle reveals in an adroit manner that ratchets up the tension until it’s released in a genuinely nightmarish conclusion. ‘Trance’: Hypnotic heist thriller plays mind games 2013-04-11T20:42:14Z Many US games are pure entertainment: points ratchet endlessly upwards, resulting in scores that make British people wonder whether the match accidentally overran by three weeks. Sports writing just isn't our field 2010-06-15T09:59:00Z The Hallé Orchestra was ratcheting its way through the cranking theme Wagner fashioned for the forging of the blade. A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z No one in the room was certain of Lew's position, and whether he might oppose new spending for fear of ratcheting up the deficit. Obama's new chief of staff an expert on executive powers 2012-01-14T04:36:00Z Twitter is also good for trolling, and seems to inspire and facilitate people to ratchet up their anger and personal attacks in a strange proportion of conversations. 10 years of Twitter fail: Where Donald Trump’s “Sad!” thoughts flourish and Kim Kardashian has more followers than the Pope 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Not strictly parenting advice, they still prescribe an ideal of how well children should eat, ratcheting up the guilt when your children, all three in my case, rejected homemade granola and demanded Coco Pops instead. How to get your kids to 18, sane and not hating you 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z A more likely outcome is that, as resistance from the country’s conservative religious establishment grows, the government will ratchet up its mechanisms of oppression. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z New and stronger enemy types shuffle onstage as the game unfolds, ratcheting up the difficulty and thereby the demands of resource allocation, which is what strategy games like this are really about. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Is a Strategy Masterpiece 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Having the creative team from "The Conjuring" involved in the prequel ratcheted up expectations for moviegoers, Emmerich said. New Line conjures bigger contribution to Warner Bros.' bottom line 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In contrast, Weist makes her icy mother quite unlikable, which only ratchets up the drama. Best empty theaters: the 10 best films without an audience in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z But this sudden ratcheting up of the stakes means that the cost of failure has become far more pronounced. Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z There's the odd overly earnest moment, but the way the script ratchets up the tension is hugely impressive. Tonight's TV highlights: BBC Proms 2010: Sibelius's Second Symphony 2010-08-25T23:05:00Z The low-grade insomnia I’d battled since age 10 ratcheted itself up to epic proportions. I was a sober college student 2012-09-23T16:01:00Z Happy hour runs from 2 to 7 p.m., with the regular prices on most "de la calle" items ratcheted back a buck or two — nothing over $5. COA Mexican Eatery and Tequileria offer Mexican fare with a fresh look 2011-08-04T19:57:07Z Herrmann later saw in that style a device for ratcheting up cinematic tension when he adapted parts of the piece in his score for Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” Ensemble shines spotlight on Herrmann’s film scores, and for good reason 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The music exists not within a binary—ratchet or classy, whole or broken, complicated or simple—but as all of those things at once. Summer Walker’s Sex-Positive R. & B. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In reality, they created the conditions for Singer’s scheme, from the lower admissions standards for athletes to the ever-increasing selectivity that ratchets up parents’ desperation. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z A tolling, gospelly piano and a swirl of harp start her off, letting her preach; later verses add a ratcheting beat and a cinematic horn flourish. The Playlist: Mary J. Blige Sings of Self-Empowerment, Kendrick Lamar Raps About Power 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Instead of leveling the playing field for kids who really do suffer from a deficit, we're ratcheting up the level of competition with performance-enhancing drugs. Motherlode Blog: Criticizing the Ritalin Generation 2012-08-20T15:06:07Z She quests after abstruse knowledge she is not yet qualified to absorb, then ratchets up her qualifications with the energy and chic of the present moment. T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z But when you hear that ratchet, oh my God. Casting for a Big Fish on the Big Island of Hawaii 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Once the guests arrive, Ms. Lee ratchets up the malice. Books of The Times: ‘Bobcat and Other Stories’ by Rebecca Lee 2013-06-26T21:01:10Z Kimball compares the arc to that of a Sherlock Holmes whodunit, and no recipe ratchets the stakes higher than the Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg, a single-ingredient obstacle course that turns entirely on technique. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z Every few seconds, the band ratchets up the tension; every blues trope they toss into the mix makes the song that much more unnerving. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z To act ratchet is to act foolish, or trashy, to behave in a way that makes others shield their eyes. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z The distress is ratcheted up, but there’s some uncertainty about the real impact of the emergency that brings us to the hospital.” Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z That mixtape was produced by DJ Mustard, the auteur of ratchet music. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Starnes’s sound design, full of propulsive pop music, ratchets up the suspense. Review | Two plays set at the intersection of race and violence in America 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, Little and Vavrek manage to make the bleakness work dramatically, in part by ratcheting up the intensity over the opera's entire span. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Russian authorities have applied the designation to scores of media outlets, civil society groups and individuals, ratcheting up pressure on those who are critical of the Kremlin. Russia labels Pussy Riot member, others as ‘foreign agents’ 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z After the heavily expository first scene, "Mary Stuart" ratchets into an increasingly tense, high-stakes duel between all the queens' men, enacted by an impressive cast and staged at a good clip by Victor Pappas. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z In this sense, Corbyn’s charge that some people “don’t understand English irony” participates in a ratcheting up of cruelty in the name of humor. The English Fetishization of Irony 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z She affected to be nervous – and in so doing, of course, ratcheted up the levels both of tension and of attention. The genius of Jodie Foster's speech 2013-01-14T16:48:00Z The women of Insecure would probably consider the Lyon clan “ratchet” but they owe them a debt, as do other recent award winners such as Atlanta and Master of None. Empire’s Lee Daniels: ‘I always see myself as one step away from a flop’ 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z DG works hard to ratchet its count up to 25. Rethinking Itzhak Perlman on the eve of his 70th birthday 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Then it’s simultaneously cushioned and besieged, with chime and harp tones, otherworldly voices, ratcheting and rumbling percussion, staticky glitches and increasingly intrusive high-frequency beeps that eventually register as alarms. Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The tension always ratchets up at the top of the hour — and then a sizable chunk of the audience leaves. 24 Hours Inside the Christian Marclay Installation ‘The Clock’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Does this excitement effectively ratchet up the prices? Simon de Pury: the Mick Jagger of art auctions 2010-04-18T20:30:00Z For that fee, you can search by meaning, finding not just the definition of ratchet but every slang word that has ever described extreme, out of control behavior. Green's, the Biggest Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Sunday’s episode used dramatic irony to ratchet up suspense and underscore tragedy. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Looking Back 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z In opera, with its dizzying ambitions, epic lead-times and viperish politics, the stakes are celestial — and the scale and complexity of the “Ring” ratchets everything up even further. The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Celebrities had long been connected to Los Angeles sports teams — Doris Day and Jack Nicholson were already frequent sightings at Laker games — but Buss ratcheted up celebrity attendance, a dynamic that still exists. ‘Winning Time’: When the N.B.A. Went Pop 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Simons, 49, considered one of the great designers of his generation, is well positioned to ratchet up that urgency. Can Raf Simons Reinvent American Fashion? 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The lyrics are full of foreboding — “All you wanted was a little disaster/It’s temporary,” — that’s only escalated by the music as it keeps ratcheting up its precise, percussive tension. Playlist: New Work From White Rabbits and Magic Youth 2012-03-11T03:09:07Z And the environmental, sustainable, organic, gluten-free movement once again ratchets everything up. Styles Q + A: Finding Satisfaction in Second Best 2013-09-13T22:08:17Z He’s a master at ratcheting up the tension and risk. Review: Three-Ring Dread in La MaMa’s One-Act Series 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Larvae production will ratchet up from 7 tonnes to 300 tonnes per month. From poo to food: Kenyan toilet waste key for new animal feed 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In a mystery novel, for example, the characters’ relationships generally evolve in tandem with the plot, becoming strained as the mystery ratchets up in intensity and then resolving on cue. Welcome to Another Novel Set in Brooklyn. This One Is Different. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Ridley Scott watched a screening of it before filming “Alien,” to help him ratchet up the terror of his movie. In ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ Sympathy for the Devil 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Set in the near future, the Trump administration ratchets up the war against terrorism and permits the rounding up of immigrants, which leads to detention centers beset with managerial problems and inevitable human catastrophe. 'Building the Wall,' Robert Schenkkan's anti-Trump protest play, is one of L.A.'s hottest tickets 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z "Silence!" she sings slowly, louder and louder, as the band ratchet up the volume. PJ Harvey ? review 2011-03-06T00:09:25Z But that approach tended not to spark in works that demand a precise ratcheting of harmonic tensions, as in an earthbound Beethoven’s Ninth from 1945-46 and a guileless Brahms’s First from 1950. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The external thrills in this quasi-spy novel ratchet up when undercover agents are exposed, killings occur, documents are passed and Rina tries to hide her secret life from her husband. Review | A ’50s mom finds her calling as a spy in the captivating novel ‘A Woman of Intelligence’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z In the pit, jittery 16th notes in the basses ratchet up tension. Review: Puccini’s American Opera Needs a New American Vision 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s all about to ratchet up a notch at the start of the busy holiday travel season. Travel Wise | A flying-with-kids survival guide for parents (and fellow passengers) 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The group remained precise and transparent, even as Elgar ratchets up the elegiac energy in the final movement to a point just past advisable. Music Review: Amphion String Quartet Performs at Alice Tully Hall 2014-04-01T20:53:09Z Allen entered, he ratcheted up the intensity and subverted it into darker, more complex territory that released tension as fast as it built. Pianist Orrin Evans and quartet shine at Bohemian Caverns Even the tuna tartar ratchets up the fat with avocado. Happy Hour: Hotel lounges are swanky settings for food and drink 2010-03-30T18:17:00Z And just like that, the tension ratchets up again and the story is back on track. The House May Be Haunted. But in This Novel, Commitment Is Scarier. 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z At one point, I was working on Howard Street, in Lexington Market area, at this really ratchet clothing store called Blue City. In Netflix's "Dark City Beneath the Beat," TT The Artist captures the Baltimore club sound and scene 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Congress meanwhile ratcheted up its own response to JPMorgan's trading blunder, which comes as policymakers are finalizing new rules for the bank industry. FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon 2012-05-16T10:22:03Z President Biden named Lina Khan, a fan of ratcheting up regulations on tech giants, as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission and signed an executive order zeroing in on anticompetitive practices. Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The productions tend to be sparse — spooky electronic sounds, an occasional acoustic or electric guitar, hefty but discreet drums — and even where the choruses ratchet up, Cabello’s voice often stays close and confiding. Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z On “1st Night,” he’s a smooth abettor: “Girl, be yourself/Ain’t nothing wrong with being ratchet.” Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z With every step up the ladder of success, aspiration ratchets up. Hip-hop was poised to conquer fashion. Why did it stop short? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He says he wanted to tell a story about a man meeting a woman, “ratcheting that up, and mixing my version of a thriller with that,” Perry said. Tyler Perry: ‘No need’ to fight or protest about Oscar snubs 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Things ratcheted up for the duo — singer/keyboardist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun — when two singles off their 2015 album, “Blurryface,” topped the alternative charts and invaded the pop charts. Twenty One Pilots is flying high on popularity of album ‘Blurryface’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It eats into people's working and thinking time, for example, distracts them from doing "real" work and generates guilt feelings that ratchet up stress levels to unsustainable levels. Improve efficiency ? switch off your smartphone 2012-05-19T23:05:54Z The answer was not to ratchet up the tension right away but to insert some time and space. ‘Homeland’ Returns for Second Season on Showtime 2012-09-12T14:05:13Z The second verse ratchets up the tension—the tempo quickens, tightening the loop, layering on a high-pitched, keening drone. The Nick Cave Song That Changed My Life 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Each of the four detonations we see ratchets up the sense of inevitability. Dancing with death: the murky ethics of filming people in life-threatening danger 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In recent years the ways in which industrialization and globalization have completely transformed how the food we eat is grown, shipped, processed, and sold have helped ratchet up these fears much further. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z The undercurrent of conspiracy theory rumors ratchet up the excitement. Lenore Appelhans's top 10 books featuring flashbacks 2013-01-17T12:35:11Z In any event, all Zirilli is able to do is ratchet up the minister's fanatical ardor. Michael John LaChiusa's musical 'Rain' is just too outdated to remain relevant 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z When he drops his voice an octave for the version on the Eponymous greatest-hits collection, the track ratchets up in potency. Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z The tune ended like that, ratcheting up before dropping off, and it was just enough to meet ravenous expectations in the crowd. Review: Herbie Hancock, Basking in a Boundless Legacy of Fusion 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Back in the Bay Area, the scenes were ratcheting up. Odyssey Works Makes Art for and About One Person 2012-10-07T05:10:06Z If there is a hint of narcissism in the way Mr. Currentzis bends tempos to his will and ratchets up extreme dynamics there’s also no doubt as to the exhilarating, shock-and-awe vitality of these performances. Classical Playlist: Teodor Currentzis, Bach and Per Bloland 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The pressure no doubt ratchets up when you're a restaurant owner charged with feeding the finicky, nostalgic masses. What does a "compromise meatball" taste like? 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z It's clear that while much of the focus is on the fighting, the intent was to ratchet up the story too. In 'Transformers: Age of Extinction,' things get Bayed — big time "That's what I hope I'm bringing. I don't want us to be narrow. We're not a narrow or monolithic people. We need the classic. We need the ratchet. We need it all." Celebrities on BET Awards red carpet curate Black Music Month playlist 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z But Scorsese is not concerned with ratcheting up tension. Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman": De Niro, Pacino and Pesci shine in this intimate gangster epic 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z As soon as the competition is ratcheted up, however, it starts to get uncomfortable. Coupled: tropical Tinder sees women fighting over guys – again 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It was utter pandemonium in the cinema – screaming and wailing for long enough to ratchet up the tension to a level I’ve never experienced before or since whilst in a cinema. 'I was terrified!': you share stories of watching classic films on first release 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The possibility of her death ratchets up the pressure on Josie’s mother to pretend that nothing is wrong even while preparing for the next terrifying loss. Review | In Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun,’ a robot tries to make sense of humanity 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z But if that doesn’t work, they should quickly ratchet up the pressure. Perspective | Hotel guests are baffled by after-the-fact damage charges. Here’s what’s going on. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z And, in its simplest form, isn't “ratchet” just a lack of shame by people who society has decided should be filled with it? Summer Walker’s Sex-Positive R. & B. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The flavor is ratcheted up with the smoky spice of a chipotle chile in adobo, as well as earthy cumin and coriander. Black bean dip, improved: It’s smoky and warm 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The screenplay ratchets up the tension when an Iranian maid at the Canadian ambassador's residence guesses who his guests are. The truth behind Affleck's Argo 2013-01-14T00:55:56Z Other countries are ratcheting up their standards as well in a bid to cut CO2 emissions and reduce their dependency on oil. Hyundai Rolls Its Own 2011-02-23T23:00:00Z Throughout the concert, drones stretched out, two-chord vamps moved with slow deliberation and the live instruments were mixed with blunt, brutal sampled sounds, as Mr. Cale ratcheted up the tension and darkness in his songs. Review: John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Still Bristling at 75 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z But when Tarantino tries to ratchet up the tension in a sequence at the Spahn Movie Ranch, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” gets sluggish and indulgent. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" shows off Quentin Tarantino's best and worst moves 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The tension had been ratcheted up even before I had arrived. Wrongbestfilmgate was a moment of pure chaos – my night of shocks at the Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z I have a theory that our guilt is a tool whose real purpose is to ratchet — or alter — our behavior. Perspective | Ask Amy: Guilt about distance intensifies after friends’ reunion 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The ratcheting up of the war against terrorism permits the rounding up of immigrants, which leads to the practical problem of how to hold a swelling population that can’t entirely be repatriated. Robert Schenkkan's 'Building the Wall,' set in Trump's America, imagines the unimaginable 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z For DJ Mustard, ratchet is just a sound. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Using eight 10-minute rolls of film, Hitchcock created a “single tracking shot” for “Rope,” using the backs of characters’ sports jackets to change reels, mark the passage of time, and ratchet up the suspense. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Then you try to pull the fish in your direction, click by click on the reel’s ratchet. Casting for a Big Fish on the Big Island of Hawaii 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z It ratchets up Fela’s deliberate pace and sometimes exults in the dissonance of its churning, brawling funk. Sharon Jones Headlines Daptone’s Night of Soul 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Jean Martinon was still alone in getting the CSO to ratchet up tension in the first movement's closing pages and bring singular menace to the clacking of the finale. CSO: Hough, Elder, Tchaikovsky a match made in heaven 2011-01-07T20:59:00Z These long discussions help to ratchet up the film’s suspense, and “as many times as you’ve seen the movie before,” Mr. Scott says, “it’s always somehow full of surprises.” ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'Pulp Fiction' 2011-12-12T19:15:29Z As servers pack up our leftovers, the hum of Chinese, Mandarin and English ratchets up a notch. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The assurances in other songs, like “713” and “Nice,” also arrive in settings that deliberately ratchet up discomfort. Beyoncé and Jay-Z: The State of the Union Is Strong 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z She directs her latest work with a fine sense of pace, carefully ratcheting ordinary events to zany heights and creating madcap scenes enriched with wild-eyed, panicky conversations between the two women. Review: 'Fly Me To the Moon' is a soaring farce 2012-09-13T00:53:08Z Left unsaid: The W201 could ratchet down the sector's price point. Mahindra's Secret Global SUV 2011-04-20T22:00:00Z One variety of starfish is "like a silver coin with slender, blue-white limbs, toothed like those plastic ratchet straps you sometimes find on packaging". Strands – A Year of Discoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland – review 2012-07-27T21:45:12Z Nemerever does a crafty job of slowly ratcheting up the tension and guiding us back toward the awful event hinted at in the prologue. Debut Novels About Seamy Underbellies and Dark Turns 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Instead, ratchet up the praise, smiles and eye contact, because that facilitates cooperation, warmth and joy. Perspective | How do I criticize my young child without her getting upset? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z An almost shot-for-shot remake of the corresponding episode from our Shameless, though with the melodrama ratcheted up a few notches. TV highlights: 18/09/11 2011-08-17T21:00:01Z The plink of the piano, the bend of the electronics-controlled voices, the ratchet effect on the drums — the whole track glides and clicks into place before your eyes, forming itself around you. Britney Spears, awesome despite it all, plays Tacoma Dome June 29 2011-06-23T15:03:07Z But by the time Brahms ratchets up the drama in the development section, Ms. Jansen and Mr. Pappano let loose all their charisma and sonic clout. Bach, Reich, Bartok, Beethoven and More 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z From there, Cameron ratchets up the horror of the situation with desperate scenes of passengers and crew succumbing in the rapidly rising water. The best Titanic film isn't "Titanic" 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Part of the playbook is to create a feeling of awards momentum — swinging from one nomination to the next and then ratcheting up the ads to underline them. The 'Boyhood' awards season campaign comes of age, delicately 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It ratchets up the complexity of my job.” Wearing a Wire at the Opera, Secretly, of Course 2013-06-28T19:47:55Z That’s when the yelling started, the tension ratcheted up, and Encinia threatened Bland with a stun gun: “I will light you up!” The deeper meaning in Sandra Bland video that has so many deflated 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z She tells Eric that she likes to come home and watch “ratchet TV” and clean. On The Bachelorette, Rachel Looks For A Man Who Can Spell 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Modeste reduced the boil to a simmer with a line as tranquil and lyrical as Roney’s were energetic and blazing, but he too soon ratcheted up into aggression. At Blues Alley, a five-alarm set from Miles Davis protege Wallace Roney 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Here, as throughout, the text is excellent aloud, using space breaks and pacing to ratchet the tension. Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z But now the Obama Administration is ratcheting up pressure on the auto industry to dramatically increase the average miles-per-gallon of each company’s fleet. 10 Ways Automakers Are Helping You Spend Less On Gasoline 2012-08-30T15:00:37Z Right now, there’s no real sense of what Raquel and Vito have meant to each other over the years, so the threats of divorce don’t ratchet up the tension as they ought to. In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z But when the cry recurs, at the top of the range, her voice frays a bit, in a way that ratchets up the emotion of the scene. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z As this clip shows, Menke knew exactly how to ratchet up the tension while maintaining character engagement. Sally Menke: the quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success story 2010-09-29T15:24:00Z For jewelers doing the lending, having a piece on the red carpet "ratchets up the sense of mystique about a brand and creates awareness," Gomelsky says. For jewelers, entertainment award season is priceless advertising 2012-01-20T20:15:04Z In concert, Gibbs rapped like he was being paid by the syllable, as he flexed his verbal dexterity and ability to go a cappella or ratchet up the speed. Rapper Freddie Gibbs heats up the Fillmore Silver Spring with virtuosic craft 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s clear right away that the men were involved in some terrible event, but what happened to so thoroughly knock their lives off-course won’t be revealed until the tension has been ratcheted many more notches. What happens when factory jobs disappear? Playwright Lynn Nottage investigates in 'Sweat' 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “I think for all of these characters, everything is just ratcheted up,” Neame told reporters. ‘Downton Abbey’ stars have fun hinting at what’s next 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Actions ordered by Washington hamper the rescue effort, ratcheting up tensions even more. Book review: ‘White Plague,’ a thriller by James Abel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Steubenville was Christianity ratcheted up, with the sort of weeping adoration one usually sees at concerts of preteen idols. My Steubenville 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z There’s often some kind of license or some kind of ratcheting scheme that allows people to keep their middle-class status. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z Virginia Overton’s sculptures “Convex” and “Concave,” sheets of mirrored acrylic that bend under pressure from ratchet straps, share the front lawn along with a 1964 Ford Galaxy. Art Review: All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees Are Backdrops for Art 2011-08-07T21:55:23Z Mr. Akhtar writes dialogue that, while often funny and always natural, crackles with ideas and continually reveals undercurrents of tension that ratchet up the emotional stakes. ‘The Who & the What’ Examines Faith and Family 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z With his single-minded commitment to singing about ratchet love, he’s like The-Dream without the emotional baggage or the conscience. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Mostly though, their music ratcheted open a world. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z And while expanding incentives may be necessary to protect a "flagship California industry," the legislative analyst's office noted, doing so may encourage other states to ratchet up their own credits. Are film subsidies worth it? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z They’re comfortable but slightly monastic, an implicit invitation to ratchet down, let the slate go blank and rest. | Tunisia Moderne 2011-03-16T17:58:19Z As the zombies attack, the living scramble from car to car and on and off the train, ratcheting up the momentum. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But no release date was remotely in sight until his longtime collaborator, DJ Mustard, become the hottest producer breathing and their “My Hitta” became the ratchet generation’s “With a Little Help From My Friends.” Low record sales mean hip-hop artists must diversify to attract major music labels Set in a world a stone's throw from our own, it charts the failed romance of a man employed to "ratchet down" his company's efficiency, in an alternate reality of ingenious comic inversions. Latitude theatre review: marquees and mash-ups 2013-07-22T16:41:20Z Social-media influencers have ratcheted up the creativity of recipes made in the air fryer by showing off the device to younger audiences. How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America’s Heart 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z There are plenty of places one can act ratchet — in the club, in the bedroom — but it’s always about behavior that’s dubious at best, that makes people point fingers in slack-jawed astonishment and discomfort. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z The goal is to ratchet up the tension and impart fear. Oh, no, not the deserted mansion! 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Adapted from an Israeli film of the same name, The Kindergarten Teacher is a psychological thriller disguised as a small-stakes indie drama, the tension ratcheting up horribly with each morally murky decision Lisa makes. Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'There have to be consequences for disrespecting women sexually' 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z This week’s visit by “To Kill a Mockingbird” — which in August 2020 launches a national touring production at the Kennedy Center — ratcheted up Pelosi’s efforts to use her perch as a catalyst for artistic exchange. Perspective | Trump’s White House doesn’t support the arts. Nancy Pelosi is rallying the cause instead. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Shaffer admitted that though there may have been some rivalry between the two men, he took considerable artistic license in creating their characters and ratcheting up Salieri’s antipathy to such a malevolent degree. Peter Shaffer Dies at 90; Playwright Won Tonys for ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The dispute ratcheted up on Friday with the member alert from actors unions in the U.S., Unions urge "Hobbit" boycott, angering Jackson 2010-09-27T00:56:00Z It doesn’t withhold information to create false tension, or play games with point of view, or arbitrarily ratchet the pace up and down. Review: ‘Bosch’ Is Back, Still on the Straight and Narrow 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z But the setting is July 1914, after the Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination, with war on the horizon, and the tension is ratcheted up when a group of Serbian refugees are accepted on to the ship. All Federico Fellini's films – ranked! 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Parents everywhere can now figure out what in the Sam Hill their kids are talking about when they refer to someone or something as ratchet or lit. Green's, the Biggest Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z And even when he shows off — he flits occasionally into quasi-poetry and ratchets up dramatic impact with brief snippets of screenwriting — he gets away with it. Books of The Times: ‘The Kings of Cool’ by Don Winslow 2012-06-17T19:58:19Z A series of 2 Chainz love songs are emotionally leaden, but almost clumsily credible: “I love you now/I don’t care about your ratchet past.” Critic’s Notebook: 2 Chainz Is Hip-Hop’s Rising Star 2012-08-15T22:26:48Z The possibility that members of the Mafia might kill all three of them only ratchets up the heat. Amy Adams explores her dark side for recent roles 2013-12-19T20:53:09Z Think Handmaid's Tale with kimonos and ratchet up the terror. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2011-07-15T21:55:06Z But Hot Chip never quite ratchets up its set beyond lukewarm. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z But to their credit, the writers didn’t just ratchet straight into the fighting. The Walking Dead Watch: Too Far Gone 2013-12-02T10:14:40Z Since the 1970s, Australia has ratcheted up public funding to private schools, such that, in 2013, more than 34 percent of all school students attend them. The scary future of creationism in America 2014-02-09T17:00:00Z It is, in some sense, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ratcheted down a few tax brackets and up a number of scales in emotional key. Critic?s Notebook: Troubles That Ring True for Women of a Certain Age 2010-12-26T21:43:21Z Most of what we know about Ariel casts her as a relatively conventional figure, but Pavone ratchets up his story to create impossibly high stakes. Her Husband Is Kidnapped. Then Things Start to Go Downhill. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z All of this attention threw Mr. Pecknold, 25, for a loop, and ratcheted up expectations for “Helplessness Blues.” Music: Less Fleet, but More Mature, Foxes 2011-04-29T18:36:51Z Francis has ratcheted up his call for peace in Syria amid threatened U.S.-led military strikes following a chemical weapons attack. Pope: Abandon “futile” military Syria solution 2013-09-05T13:05:00Z On most reality shows, producers manipulate activities to ratchet up the drama. ?Sunset Daze? Gives Older Folks Their Reality Show 2010-04-27T02:05:00Z Drama is based on ratcheting up the stakes. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Those companies are adjusting – many are simply ratcheting up the price of internet subscriptions to homes that abandon TV, or introducing artificial “data caps” on those same services, a move that mostly affects streaming video. TV networks battle new media threat as Facebook looms over ad war 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z In a bid to have new merchandise constantly flowing into boutiques, labels have added new collections to the traditional twice-a-year calendar, ratcheting up designers' workloads. Galliano trial underlines fashion sector pressures 2011-06-23T10:34:09Z When they ratchet up the volume, the sound rises like a tsunami that temporarily submerges everything else in darkness. Review: A Rediscovered Symphony Radiates Cosmic Grandeur 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Instead of sweeping strings and get-out-the-cavalry horns, “Dunkirk” is set to a droning beat that ratchets ever up in intensity. Ticking Watch. Boat Engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the ‘Dunkirk’ Score. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Airlines are ratcheting up flights to St. Lucia for the high season. New Flights to the Caribbean This Winter, an Island-by-Island Guide 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Dausgaard ratcheted the emotional pitch of the march up to the level of hysteria, but didn't quite sustain the anguish into the finale, which was elegiac rather than tragic in mood. Prom 19: BBCSO/Dausgaard – review 2012-07-29T11:10:19Z Written by David Magee and directed by Rob Marshall, the movie ratchets up more than the family’s existential stakes. ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Truck Full of Sugar Can’t Make This Uplift Go Down 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Four lives converge at a women’s health clinic in Boston as anti-abortion rhetoric ratchets up. 12 New Books Coming in February 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “It just got ratcheted up to 11, and it should never have come to this,” said Ms. Maslin, who has been affiliated with the center since its early days. For a Revered Art House Cinema, a Season of Off Screen Turmoil 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z True, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to ratchet down the energy. At DKNY, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, Coming Full Circle 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z When firearms are discovered in the car, the tension ratchets up. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The desperation ratcheted up when Adam came right out with the line, “Do you see yourself still falling in love with me?” A Rare Conversation About Class Brings ‘The Bachelorette’ Into the Real World 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z He paces Mussorgsky's great suite faultlessly, never forcing anything, but ratcheting up the excitement notch by notch until it's all discharged in a sumptuous account of the final Great Gate of Kiev. Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition; Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions Fugitives – review 2013-01-31T21:00:01Z But even the rackety dance music could not ratchet up this plain-to-a-fault show in mousy colors — apart from one red coat and some scarlet ballet shoes. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z He delighted in their precision, their complex interlocking parts, the ratchets and pinions and springs. Carlos Ruiz Zafón leaves behind characters who will never die 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The four adventurers are wonderfully drawn, their friendship always believable and the ratcheting of the tension – to a surprisingly brutal conclusion – masterfully conducted. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z My own immortality aside, the stakes surrounding polar bears were ratcheting up quickly. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Mr. Adams’s score now comes across as a steady knotting of the stomach, gradually ratcheting tension by alternating lush, ominous sensuality and pummeling intensity. Review: ‘Doctor Atomic’ Brings the Bomb Home to New Mexico 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Tschirch said staff would have "kitchen ratchets," parties in the kitchens of the different mansions, with food galore. A glimpse downstairs at America's Downton Abbey 2013-02-15T10:16:04Z Now, most EU countries are ratcheting back the welfare-state policies that not long ago were the envy of overworked, underpaid Americans, hoping to keep the euro viable and the EU together. 'After the Fall': Europe's economy falls from grace 2012-02-08T22:16:03Z That question, which Mr. Alam addresses creatively in works in this show, ratcheted up to a frightening level last year, when he was arrested and jailed after criticizing the government’s violent response to student demonstrations. Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z But I’m here to tell you to ratchet down your expectations. Lower your expectations for Frida Kahlo’s house, and don’t miss Leon Trotsky’s 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Eventually, said Mr. Collins, Spillane made the leap from “brilliant primitive” to “polished professional” and ratcheted down the rhetoric. Mickey Spillane’s Work Keeps Coming, 12 Years After His Death 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Now in its fourth season, this show ratchets up the stakes and suspense on a weekly basis, and at this point it's almost unbearably nervewracking. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "50/50" 2011-09-30T15:16:04Z Her song of choice: "As long as it's ratchet, it'll work." On MTV Movie Awards red carpet, music stars steal the spotlight 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z As a sample blares on a few songs, “This that dirty, stinkin’, nasty, ratchet, rowdy” stuff. At MilkBoy ArtHouse, rapper IDK tackles daydreams and drive-bys 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Most are familiar: spring, castanets, ratchet, whip, sleigh bells, celesta. Glyndebourne 2012: A musical guide to the Ravel opera double bill 2012-08-16T11:05:51Z Yet it is a testament to Mr Eka’s gift as a storyteller, particularly his skill at ratcheting up and tactically releasing tension, that he keeps readers enthralled nonetheless. Burning bright 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He ratcheted up funding for purity promotion, begetting the health policy oxymoron “abstinence-only sexual education”. True love waits? The story of my purity ring and feeling like I didn't have a choice 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The studio also charted an online plan to ratchet up the buzz. 'Grey' area: For a provocative film, many shades of marketing 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z President Obama's campaign is already ratcheting up its attacks. GOP race could become Perry vs. Romney 2011-08-13T00:09:00Z Let me ratchet up the obnoxiousness even more by saying that I made this same observation to Don Cheadle over breakfast in New York last week. Don Cheadle on playing the drug-addled Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead,” and the toxic costs of Hollywood racism 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And while some women see a ratcheting up of Islamophobia in Britain since the London bombings, others think the real prejudices lie among Muslims. Sisters | Theatre review 2010-03-16T21:30:00Z The story unfolds as a series of scenes that gradually ratchet up Leo’s discomfiture, which ultimately leads to him raiding a sporting goods store and arming himself with a shotgun and armful of dynamite. Top 10 Movie Shrinks 2011-11-22T09:59:12Z But it’s when Mr. Wan turns off the noise that he really ratchets up the terror. A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z And slowly but surely, little by little, she ratchets up the tension. The Last Minute by Eleanor Updale – review 2013-01-11T20:00:02Z He ratchets down his usual fretful-puppy winsomeness to create an eloquent yet non-judgmental vessel for the character’s hollow charm, careering ambition and pestilential value system. Review: Nightcrawler: Jake Gyllenhaal Wants to Take a Picture of You in Pain 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Elements meant to ratchet up tension — a bleeding clock, frequent references to Killer Croc's unstable confinement — felt heavy-handed. Comics: Not crazy about 'Arkham Asylum: Madness' 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z In the ratcheting race wars, Red is trying to cozy up to Mendoza. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: Of White Girls and Privilege 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “It packs a lot in a small stretch, and it ratchets up as you go along,” he said of “Amelia.” Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Scenes play across jazz clubs, saloons and back rooms that explode with saturated color and bebop-style editing, Suzuki’s style ratcheted up to an 11 whenever possible. Burning desire: John Wick and the undying appeal of the revenge thriller 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In 2008, both auction houses ratcheted back guarantees after prices fell sharply, leaving them with millions of dollars in unsold works, as well as painful losses. Christie’s and Sotheby’s Woo Big Sellers With a Cut 2014-01-15T23:08:22Z In between came Mr. Munro’s own “Last Exit,” an agonized ratcheting of tension based on a poem by Samuel Wagan Watson that indicts enduring Australian racism. New-Music Festival in Chicago Offers the Complicated and the Compelling 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z “En el Séptimo Día” pulls off the tricky feat of feeling utterly natural as it ratchets with the mechanics of drama and suspense. Review: In ‘En el Séptimo Día,’ He Wants to Work and Play. What Will He Do? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z All of these singers make the kind of brazen songs that reflect the ethos of ratchet culture. Summer Walker’s Sex-Positive R. & B. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In a scripted film it's about taking reality and ratcheting it up by 10%. I Give It A Year: how I tried to subvert the romcom 2013-02-02T06:00:00Z When the heat ratcheted up Saturday and Sunday, promoters responded immediately by passing out the free water to fans as they entered the main gate, and continued passing out freebies from the main stages. Wolf gang grins, but doesn't flinch 2011-07-17T23:23:00Z He could still remember the day he learned that Wolf’s and McHale’s shows were both canceled and how it ratcheted up the pressure on his project. Can Hasan Minhaj Make Topical Comedy Work on Netflix? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z In Denmark, a number of smaller, craft distillers are experimenting with aquavits that ratchet up the juniper flavor, while keeping the necessary caraway character. Jump-Starting the Aquavit Renaissance 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Hearing the music volleyed among three ensembles ratchets up the dramatics. Music Review: Alan Gilbert’s ‘Philharmonic 360’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-07-01T21:48:52Z Bug's silent grief mirrors another dramatic scene where a character's silence ratchets up the intesity – when Freamon comes face to face with his nemesis Marlo, picks up his cellphone and exchanges a knowing, extended glare. The Wire re-up: season five, episode nine ? deserve got nothing to do with it 2010-04-12T23:15:00Z Gimme grilled tilapia, rich with dabs of smoky mayonnaise and ratcheted up with pickled cabbage your lips won’t soon forget, or lamb that benefits, like most meat here, from a rub of red chilies. Espita Mezcaleria review: A new contender for D.C.’s best Mexican restaurant? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The album’s opening track, “Burn the Witch,” is a spiral of tension, cryptically portraying a society ignoring its own witch hunts as a clattery, insistent string arrangement ratchets up the dissonance and agitation. Review: In Radiohead’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool,’ Patient Perfectionism 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z But in the ensuing months, "True Detective" punctured the pop culture psychosphere, and "Game of Thrones" ratcheted up the terror and the body count, as did "The Good Wife" in its own way. Emmys 2014: 'Breaking Bad' for the win again? Well .... 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Jackfruit, along with buttermilk curds, also finds its way into dahi kebab, cheese croquettes ratcheted up with red chile powder in their semolina crusts. Review | At Punjab Grill, there are plenty of gilt-y pleasures 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Russia has largely held Kyiv's counteroffensive at bay in the southeast, but an advance in occupied Kherson region could spread their defences thinner and ratchet up pressure. Ukraine presses Russian forces along Dnipro River near Kherson - Kyiv 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z U.S. regulators have ratcheted up scrutiny of rearranged stock trading programs, known as 10b5-1 plans, in the face of criticism from lawmakers and others. Charter to pay $25 million over unauthorized stock buybacks, SEC says 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Before their first game, against Czechoslovakia, Gansler ratcheted up the training intensity. Bags of urine, cans of Bud and the team that saved US soccer 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z A lot has happened since then to ratchet up tensions between the superpowers. The APEC summit is happening this week in San Francisco. What is APEC, anyway? 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The onslaught of brain-scrambling bass lines and continuously ratcheting energy was a double-edged sword. Review: Travis Scott’s bass quakes shake rabid Seattle crowd 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The question for the prime minister now is whether the ratcheting frequency of her interventions lead No10 to conclude it is unsustainable for her to stay. Has Suella Braverman gone too far this time? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, at least two garment factory workers were killed and several police officers wounded in Gazipur District, north of Dhaka, as protesters ratcheted up their longstanding demand for higher wages. Workers Making Clothes for Top Brands Reject a Proposal: $113 a Month 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z China's statement comes as Israel ratchets up its military offensive against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. China says will work to restore peace in Palestinian territories 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The strike against the Detroit Three began at relatively unimportant plants, spreading to the biggest money-makers that produce pickup trucks and SUVs, ratcheting up the pain. UAW reaches deal with GM, ending strike against Detroit automakers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The strike began at relatively unimportant plants, spreading to the biggest money-makers that produce pickup trucks and SUVs, ratcheting up the pain. UAW reaches deal with GM, ending coordinated strike against Detroit automakers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The escalation ratcheted up domestic pressure on Israel’s government to secure the release of some 230 hostages seized in the Oct. Israel strikes near Gaza’s largest hospital after accusing Hamas of using it as a base 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Haley also notably ratcheted up her criticism of Trump, under whom she served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. US Republican presidential candidates tout Israel support in speeches to Jewish donors 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The strike which began at relatively unimportant plants spread to the biggest money-makers, producing pickup trucks and SUVs, ratcheting up the pain. UAW, Stellantis reach tentative deal to end strike, Illinois plant may reopen, sources say 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Israel said Friday it is ratcheting up its military operations in the Gaza Strip, launching artillery and missile strikes into the Hamas-controlled enclave and sending tanks and other armored vehicles across the border. Israel expands military operations in the Gaza Strip as possible precursor to ground invasion 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z “Once the babies were born, I added on my confusion and obsession about the babies’ safety, which was ratcheting up the more media attention was on us. Britney Spears' highs and lows — a timeline from 'The Mickey Mouse Club' to her tell-all memoir 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The UAW ratcheted up pressure on the automakers by striking at each company's most profitable plant - GM's Arlington, Texas assembly plant, Ford's Kentucky heavy-duty pickup factory and Stellantis' Ram pickup plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Ford, UAW reach tentative deal to end strike including record pay raise 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The U.S. government and European nations have ratcheted up sanctions on members of Ortega’s family and administration in recent years as he has grown more repressive. Nicaragua is ‘weaponizing’ US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The election is expected to have a significant influence on Taiwan's relationship with China given tensions between them have ratcheted up in the past year. Foxconn: iPhone-maker investigated by Chinese authorities 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Leaders from nearly every party involved in the confrontation ratcheted up their warnings, and many urged civilians to move out of the way. Israelis and Gazans Flee Amid Clashes and Warnings of Wider Regional War 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z “Going after the FBI has been a real ratcheting up of distrust.” Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Controversy over the proposed facility ratcheted up earlier this week when Bass abruptly removed the president of the Transportation Commission days after he led his colleagues in delaying a vote on an environmental review waiver. L.A. City Council approves new West L.A. homeless facility 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Beijing requires the export permits at a time when many foreign governments are ratcheting up pressure on Chinese companies over their industrial practices. China, world's top graphite producer, tightens exports of key battery material 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Canada has withdrawn two-thirds of its diplomats based in India after that country said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity this Friday, further ratcheting up tension between the two countries. Canada Pulls 41 Diplomats as India Threatens to Revoke Their Immunity 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z After the previous report, China accused the U.S. of ratcheting up tensions and Beijing said it was still committed to a “no first use” policy on nuclear weapons. China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Convictions in the first trial could ratchet up pressure on other defendants to strike plea deals and potentially cooperate with prosecutors. Analysis: Trump could gain edge from former lawyers' Georgia election tampering trial 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The last two years has seen a ratcheting up of interest rates, the most common strategy from central banks to curb how fast prices rise. US mortgage rates have hit a two decade high of 8% 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Popular anger will ratchet up across the region when the body count rises, they said. Israel's endgame? No sign of post-war plan for Gaza 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A loss here would only ratchet up the heat on Pittman. No. 7 Penn State’s road game against No. 3 Buckeyes is crucial to Franklin’s bid for a breakthrough 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The Dodgers, after another playoff exit, are left to wonder how they could be so good in the regular season, then disappear when the pressure ratchets up. Andrew Friedman bemoans Dodgers' latest 'organizational failure,' but hints at little change 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The back-and-forth marked the latest escalation along the Israel-Lebanon border and ratcheted up fears of a widening Israel-Hezbollah clash in the north, as well as the prospect of a major war between Iran and Israel. Israel weighing possible ‘first strike’ against Hezbollah in north, former soldier says 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z And the plot is steadily ratcheted up to keep this 80-minute play from souring like a vegetable dip left out too long. Review: ‘The Engagement Party’s’ decor is sharper than its wit 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z "Shutting down Ford's Kentucky truck plant has started to ratchet up pressure on GM and Stellantis and they're starting to make progress," said Arthur Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University. UAW says new strikes at Detroit Three will come without notice 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z In the wake of the WGA deal, many writers have voiced concerns that studios and streamers would use the strike as an opportunity to further cut costs and ratchet back production levels. WGA members easily ratify new contract to end 148-day strike as anxieties loom 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Analysts including Goldman Sachs have said the leadership vacuum in the House ratchets up the risk of a government shutdown when the current funding expires on November 17. Not having a House speaker is threatening these key areas 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Until Friday, the UAW had ratcheted up action against different automakers weekly to try to get its demands met. UAW says its 'strike is working,' holds off on more walkouts 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z I worry about these House hearings—I think they’re going to ratchet up, and they’re going to continue to target scientists. Vaccine Scientist Warns Antiscience Conspiracies Have Become a Deadly, Organized Movement 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Drink prices have ratcheted up, and it’s a surprise that the bar has gone cashless and removed its ATM. These L.A. strippers won a union. But the dance isn't over 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Since then, with China's economy in the doldrums and tensions with the West ratcheting up, they have slumped. How China-West tensions will shape global markets 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The California Domestic Workers Coalition had ratcheted up the pressure this time around, protesting in Sacramento armed with brooms and dusters. California housekeepers won't get work safety protections after another Newsom veto 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The UAW has ratcheted up pressure over the past two weeks. Ford, UAW clash as union expands strikes 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Rather than the hammer blow of a mass walkout, the UAW has used strikes like a ratchet, keeping company executives guessing where the next turn would come. UAW to expand strike at Ford and GM, cites progress at Stellantis 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z That ratchets up pressure on the embattled developer whose outlook had already darkened significantly this week. Morning Bid: Rate jitters wear down wary markets 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The actors too often ratchet up the volume beyond what the dramatic moment requires. Review: Luis Alfaro's 'The Travelers' offers spiritual guidance for a world in perpetual tumult 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Especially when the pressure ratchets up on the road. USC vs. Arizona State takeaways: Will defense once again shatter CFP dreams? 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Korda further ratcheted up the pressure, hitting her second into the par-four 16th to six feet. Europe retain Solheim Cup with 14-14 tie with US 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z LaBeouf ratchets up the menace by playing an incarcerated man whose aggressive nature pokes out from behind a philosophical façade. Commentary: Critics weren't invited to David Mamet's new play. Then the show's star, Shia LaBeouf, sent a personal invite 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Expectations that Israel might normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam's two holiest shrines, have been ratcheted up this week. Israel on cusp of region-reshaping peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu says 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z North Korea has been increasing its nuclear arsenal for years, ratcheting up tensions in the region as it threatens to use nuclear weapons in conflicts. South Korean leader warns Russia against weapons collaboration with the North 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Pump prices have been further ratcheted up this year by the state’s new climate change policy, the Climate Commitment Act. Is Inslee’s plan working? The EV age arrives — in wealthier areas anyway 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z By the time the conference was ready for lunch, the energy in the kitchen had ratcheted up. Column: These chefs-in-training have overcome a lot. Now, they'd like a job 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Beijing has ratcheted up control over the densely packed city of 7 million people since a sweeping national security law imposed in 2020. China's Foreign Ministry requests consulates in Hong Kong to give data of local staff 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Community leaders said the attack Thursday ratcheted up already elevated concerns about public safety among some Asian American and Pacific Islander residents in Seattle. Man charged with hate crime after vandalizing Wing Luke Museum 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z However, today’s students face unique challenges that prior generations didn’t, and those challenges are ratcheting up stress for millions of families. College applications are complicated — take a breath | Op-Ed 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z McCarthy has also ratcheted up the political divide in the House by directing an impeachment inquiry into Biden - a move that the right-wing of his conference has been demanding for months. The Senate’s bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z McCarthy has also ratcheted up the political divide in the House by directing an impeachment inquiry into Biden — a move that the right-wing of his conference has been demanding for months. The Senate’s bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Now, the legal firm, Bindmans, has sent a letter to Mr Evans on behalf of JVL - ratcheting up pressure on the party. Jewish group steps up pressure on Keir Starmer 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z “You have to ratchet it up,” he said of the competition. Column: Sierra Canyon's big win over Orange Lutheran proves it belongs in Division 1 playoffs 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z "Overall, CEO pay rose 40% over the last four years. And that's not counting all the other executive salaries under the CEOs that have been ratcheted upward as CEO pay has gone through the roof." UAW goes on strike at three plants 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Beijing claims self-governed Taiwan and tensions between the two have ratcheted up over the past year. Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is 'not for sale' 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Vangelis' Conquest of Paradise, the operatic soundtrack to a Ridley Scott movie, bounces off the walls in the narrow street, ratcheting the tension to fever pitch before the starting gun fires. Welcome to the world's biggest, wildest trail race 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Global warming is ratcheting up the risk of extreme wildfire growth in California and will continue to do so for decades, even if emissions are reduced. A climate scientist wanted to start a debate in academia. He set off a bigger firestorm 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z On Thursday, turning to the federal case against Trump, Jordan tried to ratchet up pressure on special counsel Smith. Column: Trump prosecutor Fani Willis to meddling MAGA Republican Jim Jordan: Butt out, sir! 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The way the Paris agreement works is that every country makes its own carbon pollution pledges and efforts — and every five years they are supposed to ratchet them up. UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z It ratcheted up a month ago when the plays made were growing in difficulty and importance, from outstanding to game-changing. Mariners players, coaches ramp up campaign for Eugenio Suarez to win Gold Glove 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The rivalry game between Iowa and Iowa State always ratchets up the intensity of both fan bases every year, even if the two programs are unranked as they are this season. Fans try to put cloud of gambling investigation to the side as Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game arrives 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Brown’s study found that climate change has ratcheted up the risk of explosive wildfire growth in California by 25%, in the aggregate. A climate scientist wanted to start a debate in academia. He set off a bigger firestorm 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The number of allowances available at auctions will ratchet down over time, ramping up pressure on industries to lower their emissions. WA’s carbon-pricing auctions collect nearly $1.5 billion as allowances reach record price 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Rodgers has ratcheted up the hype for a franchise that has the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 12 consecutive seasons. Lions, Jets among teams with chance to make playoffs after missing postseason last season 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Colombia's interest rates are at their highest level in a quarter of a century, ratcheted upwards due to the global inflationary shock that followed the coronavirus pandemic. Colombia government, business leaders call for interest rate cut 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Despite an admirable opening quarter, this outcome always seemed the most likely once PSV ratcheted up their play to a level Michael Beale's side struggled to handle. Ruthless PSV dump Rangers out of Champions League 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Turning right on to Hereford Street, the noise seemed to ratchet up, and a final left on to Boylston Street revealed the finish line that she had been dreaming of for so long. 'Incapable' - the woman who raced a lie 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Poland, Baltic states want Wagner Group mercenary fighters out of Belarus 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Small hospitals across the state — and the country — have been buffeted by the ill economic winds of the COVID-19 pandemic, which ratcheted up the cost of drugs, supplies and labor. California Offers Lifeline to 17 Troubled Hospitals 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z “We expect other states to continue to ratchet this up.” Column: Apple has fought the right to repair devices for years. Why did it just make a U-turn? 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The number of allowances available at auctions will ratchet down over time, ramping up pressure on the industries to lower their emissions. WA’s carbon-pricing program nears $1 billion in revenue, far outpacing early estimates 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Political drama — or perhaps melodrama — is ratcheting up as the nation slowly trudges towards 2024 and the presidential election. ‘Hot Girls Vote’: NextGen America makes unique turnout appeal 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In the 1990s the situation began to change, as interest in dinosaurs ratcheted up and paleontologists undertook more excavations. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The currency’s depreciation has largely been driven by Japanese monetary policy, which has kept the country’s interest rates at rock bottom even as the United States and other countries have ratcheted them up. Roaring Back From Pandemic, Japan’s Economy Grows by 6 Percent 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z If the tit-for-tat on portfolio flows between the two economic superpowers ratchets up, there may be speculation about the stability of China's massive U.S. AMERICAS Bonds bruised, China stocks and rouble sink 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z A Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the Black Sea on Sunday, ratcheting up tensions in a key area for commodities exports from Ukraine and Russia. Oil eases on stronger dollar, China demand concerns 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The Simon & Schuster transaction will leave the publisher $1 billion in hock, ratcheting up pressure to repay the debt — and turn a profit. Opinion: Wall Street predators destroyed Toys 'R' Us. Now they're coming for Simon & Schuster 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z As soon as City made enquiries, selling clubs ratcheted up the prices. Open low, move fast, walk away - the art of the transfer deal 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Most winters don’t have a lot of rain, though, so that’s when the utility relies on something called the Dry Winter Compensation Factor to ratchet up the amount of estimated outdoor use. A class-action lawsuit offers free cash to many LADWP customers. Are you eligible? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., millions of the poorest Americans grapple with enduring perilous heat or paying costly air conditioning bills. Millions scramble to afford energy bills amid heat waves, but federal program to help falls short 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers this year quietly approved a $90 million cost overrun for a Capitol renovation project, ratcheting up spending by nearly 25% without public notice. Oregon Capitol construction quietly edges $90 million over budget 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z But it’s still early in the race, and many fretted that as the March primary approaches, things might ratchet up. Three co-workers running for the same Senate seat? That's awkward 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z It required multiple passes for pyrotechnics, smoke, stunt players ratcheted up on wires and shattering panes of glass, each time with precise restaging and safety measures. Blown away by the 'Barry' finale? Here's how it came together 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The defending champions ratcheted up the competition for an hour, 40 minutes in sweltering conditions as the heat index soared into the mid-90s. Super Bowl champion Chiefs hold hot, tough practice in 1st day of pads 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., millions of the poorest Americans grapple with the same agonizing decisions as Boyd — between enduring perilous heat or paying costly bills. Millions scramble to afford energy bills amid heat waves, but federal program to help falls short 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z But the context has been shifting, the rhetoric ratcheting up, and both sides conducting military drills close to the line. Israel-Lebanon border tension raises fears of bloody escalation 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Officials ratcheted rates higher rapidly last year but have been slowing their campaign for months, even skipping an adjustment in June after 10 consecutive moves. Here’s What to Watch at the Fed’s July Meeting 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z GM's higher profit outlook also reflects decisions to ratchet down spending. GM puts profit ahead of growth, veering away from Tesla 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The House Judiciary Committee is considering a vote to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt this week, ratcheting up Congress’ feud with Big Tech over its reluctance to work with lawmakers. House Judiciary Committee weighs holding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt this week 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Interest rates have risen rapidly in recent months, which in turn have ratcheted up mortgages and rents across the United Kingdom. As UK housing costs soar, anxiety grips homeowners and renters: ‘I’m in meltdown’ 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z As traders ratchet up their expectations for the Bank of England to raise rates, they're also increasingly pricing in the chance that U.S. rates may be about to peak. Traders bulk up on biggest bull position in sterling since Brexit 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z While analysts don’t expect more than a temporary bump to food commodity prices because places like Russia and Brazil have ratcheted up wheat and corn exports, food insecurity is growing. Russia halts wartime deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain in a hit to global food security 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z While we have seen great progress in terms of political activism and achievements, there is a dark cloud gathering over the horizon as Trump once again ratchets up anti-Muslim hate. Kamala Harris opens her home to Muslims — including me — as Trump promises a "bigger" ban 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Diment gradually ratchets up the exploitation elements throughout this movie, adding sex and a fair amount of splatter. Review: 'Bird Box Barcelona' doesn't fly far from the original nest, for good and ill 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z They twirled wooden ratchets and batted plastic hand clappers emblazoned with the Unite Here logo. Column: On the picket line, a telling alliance between hotel workers and screenwriters 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z A series of shocks to the economy have also "ratcheted up" public debt, the chair of the forecaster said. Rapid pace of price rises 'embedded', forecaster warns 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Treasury yields tumbled in the bond market as the cooler inflation data pushed traders to ratchet back bets for hikes to interest rates by the Federal Reserve later this year. How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 7/12/2023 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z “The magnitude of this ratcheting up is just mind-boggling to me. It’s completely out of bounds.” This extreme weather from coast to coast: Is it 'a new abnormal'? 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z On tackling global warming, the report said, “If ever there was an illumination of the short-sightedness of our prevailing economic and political systems, it is the ratcheting up of the war on nature.” UN warns its development goals for 2030 are in trouble and 575 million people will remain very poor 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Charles Simmons, a graduate of Garfield High School, who has parked his RV in Sodo for years, said it appeared to him that the city’s encampment removal efforts have ratcheted up in recent weeks. Seattle clears large encampment in Sodo, denies timing with All-Star Game 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg ratcheted up a notch on Thursday, as Twitter threatened to sue Meta for stealing trade secrets to build its rival messaging platform Threads. Why a Strong Jobs Report Could Rattle the Markets 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Officials have ratcheted up rates in smaller increments this year than last year, and they skipped a rate move at their June meeting for the first time in 11 gatherings. Fed watchers will parse this jobs report closely. 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z As early as last fall, prosecutors in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Mr. Nauta and Mr. Woodward, saying they were skeptical of Mr. Nauta’s account about moving boxes for Mr. Trump. Trump Aide Pleads Not Guilty in Classified Documents Case 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z A previous, and larger, rush of outflows in 2016 prompted Beijing to ratchet up capital controls and unveil other measures to curtail insurance buying. Chinese rush to buy Hong Kong insurance, dollars as confidence cracks, yuan weakens 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Union leaders are ratcheting up pressure on the automakers for substantial changes to the current master contracts. Explainer: Why U.S. labor unions are gaining leverage in contract talks with big employers 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Someone with a ratchet tightened all the bolts. A Rubik’s Cube, Thick Socks and Giddy Anticipation: The Last Hours of the Titan 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Instead, his government ratcheted up its law enforcement response, with the mass deployment of police officers, including some who were called back from vacation. France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen’s killing by police 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead, his government ratcheted up its law enforcement response, with 45,000 police deployed overnight. More than 900 people are arrested overnight as young rioters clash with police around France 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In publicly ratcheting up the pressure against De Beers, Mr. Masisi is raising a question now echoing across the continent: Can African countries keep a greater share of their wealth? Botswana Supplies the World With Diamonds. It Wants More of the Profits. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z UAW President Shawn Fain and other union leaders are ratcheting up pressure on Stellantis, General Motors and Ford ahead of the Sept. 14 expiration of the UAW’s current national contracts with the Detroit Three. Stellantis puts Michigan plants in 'critical status' ahead of union talks 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Or will they ratchet up the pressure and go full bore, targeting women and out-of-state doctors with criminal penalties? In the WA v. Idaho abortion wars, data shows Idaho is losing 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The patchy recovery in the world's second-biggest economy has prompted S&P Global, Goldman Sachs and other global agencies to ratchet down their China growth forecasts for this year in recent weeks. China's tumbling industrial profits deepens economic gloom 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “It ratchets up the seriousness of the case and gets right to the heart of the Espionage Act,” said Jared Carter, a constitutional law professor at Vermont Graduate and Law School. Trump’s classified docs held military secrets, spy data on foreign foes: ‘Extremely problematic’ 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z "Capital return expectations continue to get ratcheted down given looming headwinds," said Jefferies analysts this month. Big US banks to fare well in annual health checks despite spring turmoil 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z All of this ratchets up the pressure on the Kremlin leader. Russia: Instability ratchets up pressure on Vladimir Putin 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s supposed to ratchet up the cost of gas, so that over time both businesses and consumers are under market pressures to find ways to use less of it. On the road between ‘hogwash and baloney’ on WA’s high gas prices 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z You can get as cute and light and fun, and as raunchy and ratchet as you want. Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, roars back with full album, ‘Central City,’ and a tour 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, snow levels, or the elevation at which rain turns to snow in the cooler months, are ratcheting up in the Cascades, Bond said. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The bar was overrun with fans looking for a wing fix, orders ratcheted up to 200 pounds of wings in an hour. How Seattle’s newest, tastiest restaurants went from pop-up to permanent 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The Bank of England’s decision to ratchet up its monetary policy tightening is in sharp contrast to some of its international peers. Bank of England Pushes Interest Rates Up by a Half Point 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z I believe that the Department of Justice and Garland need to ratchet up the aggressiveness. Indicted but not injured: Experts agree that "Trump could win from jail" 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Dozens of U.S. states have enacted legislation to ratchet up penalties related to the drug fentanyl, renewing a debate over the role of law enforcement in a public health crisis. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Dozens of states, devastated by unrelenting overdose deaths, have been enacting similar legislation and other laws to severely ratchet up penalties for a drug that can kill with just a few milligrams. Harsh New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over How to Combat Overdose Crisis 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z One of the biggest certainties with an El Niño is that global temperature will ratchet up, as they always do during El Niño years, because the ocean releases exceptional amounts of heat into the atmosphere. El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather around the Globe 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Outcry over the expulsions has increased since June 1, ratcheting up pressure on legislators to act. With Pandemic Aid Ending, Vermont’s Homeless Are Forced From Hotels 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Outcry over the expulsions has increased since June 1, ratcheting up pressure on legislators to act this week, the last days of their session. With Pandemic Aid Ending, Vermont’s Homeless Are Forced From Hotels 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z In recent months, the United States has been ratcheting up pressure on China to provide debt relief to Zambia and other developing countries. Yellen Says Bid to Decouple From China Would Be ‘Disastrous’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z "This new package ratchets up the economic pressure on Lukashenko and his regime which actively facilitates the Russian war effort and ignores Ukraine’s territorial integrity," British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a statement. Britain steps up sanctions against Belarus for its support of Russia 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z But Mr. Christie, 60, is expected to ratchet up attacks on frontrunner and former President Donald Trump in a bid to weaken Mr. Trump’s large margin of support. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie files FEC paperwork for 2024 GOP presidential bid 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Longer term, in 2024, they expect bitcoin's halving - a technical adjustment that reduces the rate at which new coins are created - and the U.S. elections to ratchet up volatility. Cryptoverse: Listless bitcoin seeks summer spark 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The show specializes in ratcheting mildly tricky social situations up to unbearable levels of cringe. Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Years of drought in the West worsened by climate change have ratcheted up pressure among Western states to use less water. Drought, water overuse prompt Arizona to limit construction in some fast-growing parts of Phoenix 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The angst at Saticoy Elementary School has ratcheted up after parents created an Instagram account protesting the school’s upcoming Pride month assembly. Pride flag flies at the Hall of Administration — a first for an L.A. County building 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z So if you reduce spending for a couple of years, as the caps do, that ratchets down spending, because it just starts growing again off a lower base. How Much Does the Debt Limit Deal Save? It’s Complicated. 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z "We are almost at the top of the RBA's hiking cycle, which means the headwind on property prices from rates ratcheting higher has largely run its course." Aussie housing dip over, prices to rebound into next year on rate view 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Writers have been picketing multiple targets, including studio headquarters and live productions, in a bid to ratchet up pressure on the members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios. Students heckling David Zaslav were doing 'cancel culture,' Boston University president says 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The angst at Saticoy Elementary School has ratcheted up since parents created an Instagram account on May 16 protesting the school’s Pride month assembly, during which administrators planned to talk about families with gay parents. Transgender teacher's Pride flag burned at Saticoy Elementary, where protests escalate 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Democratic lawmakers are expected to continue ratcheting up pressure on Newsom in hopes of reaching a deal by their June 15 deadline to pass a budget bill. Democratic lawmakers press Newsom to spend millions from health insurance fines 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Dimon said the countries' disputes over security and free and fair trade issues are all "resolvable", and that he favours East-West "derisking" rather than decoupling as tension between the two super powers ratchets up. JPMorgan's Dimon says US, China need to have 'real engagement' 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The union has been ratcheting up pressure on companies to come back to the negotiating table to improve pay, residuals and other conditions for writers after contract talks ended May 1 without resolution. WGA blasts studio executive pay in message to Comcast, Netflix shareholders 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It requires websites to ratchet up their default privacy settings to protect children from online tracking and data collection. Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Beijing ratcheted up the campaign in 2020, when its leaders proposed a so-called "dual circulation" growth model to reduce reliance on overseas markets and technology. Analysis: China was reducing Micron chip purchases years before ban 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Most recently in May, tensions ratcheted up with tit-for-tat expulsions of a Chinese diplomat in Toronto and a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai. What to know about Canada and China's foreign interference row 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Yellen on Monday ratcheted up the language of her warnings about the debt ceiling, saying that it was “highly likely” the U.S. would run out of cash by early June instead of “likely.” An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The United States and its allies, including the European Union and Britain, have continued to ratchet up sanctions and export-control pressure on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. U.S., G7 to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Now, the crisis has ratcheted up even higher. Immigration pressures grow as Congress is deadlocked | Horsey cartoon 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He noted that with the later phases of the trial — determining a verdict and penalty — “the intensity is going to ratchet up.” Pittsburgh Jewish community monitoring hate speech amid trial of suspect in synagogue massacre 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Wednesday, Suzanne Clarke, the chamber’s chief executive, said the new counterespionage law and crackdown on consulting firms “have ratcheted up risk and uncertainty in the market.” In China, the Police Came for the Consultants. Now the C.E.O.s Are Alarmed. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Protesters again ratcheted up the volume Thursday, even after learning of the charges said to be coming. DA says man who choked Jordan Neely to death on NYC subway will face manslaughter charge 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The GOP bill would ratchet back the reasons parole can be granted, leading to a decrease of 4 million people getting parole. House GOP’s border security bill would stop 600,000 illegal immigrants 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Khan, arrested for alleged corruption and ousted as prime minister last year, had been ratcheting up pressure on the government through a sustained political campaign as he vied to return to power. Factbox: Imran Khan's arrest adds to Pakistan's economic, political challenges 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z He may reconsider if he thinks it will help to ratchet up the pressure on McCarthy and Republicans, advisers say. What to watch for in the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling meeting 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Even with the brutality of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has ratcheted up violence in response to major attacks on Russian-controlled territory. What We Know About the Explosions Over the Kremlin 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z In April, ValueAct ratcheted up the pressure on the company, calling for Isaka's departure and saying he was responsible for a "flawed strategy". 7-Eleven spin-off would jeopardise growth, CEO says, pushing back at ValueAct 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z A loss for Starbucks could ratchet up scrutiny of its labor practices after a recent U.S. Starbucks pushes appeal in Memphis union case; US labor tactics scrutinized 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Boston ratcheted up its defense and limited a 76ers team that hit 17 3-pointers in its Game 1 win to just 6 of 30 from beyond the arc on Wednesday. Brown scores 25, Celtics spoil Embiid’s return in 121-87 win 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Treasury's new June 1 estimated deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling or risk default has ratcheted up the heat on Washington's lawmakers to avert an economic crisis. Analysis: Biden travel, Congress recess to squeeze debt limit timeline even more 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Goodman noted that the bill’s unexpected approval just a week before the opening of its spring meet ratcheted up the process of negotiating contracts and infrastructure. As 149th Derby nears, Kentucky prepares for sports betting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z While DeSantis and other GOP leaders have increasingly waded into the culture wars, as part of their political toolbox, the emotions on both sides are ratcheted up. LGBTQ+ lawmaker to GOP: ‘I’m literally trying to exist’ 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z But now, emboldened by the election of Mr. Lula, a longtime political ally, the movement’s followers are ratcheting up their land seizures. If You Don’t Use Your Land, These Marxists May Take It 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z A “golden ratchet” clause means the yearly grant can’t go down even if profits do. How rich is King Charles? Coronation prompts scrutiny of royal wealth. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The pressure may ratchet up as the economy continues to slow down and the United States could face the threat of recession even without a default. White House reiterates refusal to negotiate on debt limit as pressure mounts 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Years of drought have ratcheted up pressure on water users across the West, particularly in states like Arizona, which relies heavily on the dwindling Colorado River. In Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi-owned farm’s water use 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Newsom has ratcheted up the practice of clearing encampments, arguing that people dealing with homelessness should not be allowed to live outdoors, despite a dearth of alternatives. California’s Medicaid experiment spends money to save money — and help the homeless 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But the tension between the two campaigns was palpable then and has ratcheted up since, because they seem so alike. Column: Whose San Fernando Valley will win? These two women seek to replace Nury Martinez 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z That’s the message the Writers Guild of America is delivering to entertainment investors and analysts as the screenwriters’ union ratchets up pressure on studios amid contract negotiations. What shows would stop first if Hollywood writers strike? Here's what the WGA says 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The unannounced inspection was the latest in a series of regulatory actions, as antitrust officials ratchet up scrutiny of the fashion industry over possible anticompetitive practices. Gucci Raid Part of Growing E.U. Antitrust Scrutiny of Fashion 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The unannounced inspection was the latest in a series of regulatory actions, writes The Times’s Elizabeth Paton for DealBook, as antitrust officials ratchet up scrutiny of the fashion industry over possible anti-competitive practices. Fox Can Claim a Big Tax Break From Its Dominion Settlement 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Military exercises in Taiwan are also ratcheting up fears that China could invade the island. Yellen calls for better US-China relations as tensions rise 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In recent months, the crackdown on his opponents has ratcheted up, with authorities arresting activists, judges, journalists and politicians from across the political spectrum. Tunisia arrests opposition leader as crackdown escalates 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Republicans’ refusal to acquiesce to Feinstein’s request for a temporary replacement also has ratcheted up the pressure on Newsom, who counts Feinstein among his mentors dating back to his earliest days in politics. Democrats still face Feinstein dilemma as replacement bid fails 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z As Russia has tried to get around restrictions, U.S. officials have steadily ratcheted up their rules, including sanctioning dozens of companies and organizations in Russia, Iran, China, Canada and elsewhere. U.S. and E.U. Face Uphill Fight in Keeping Chips Out of Russia 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The U.S. and its allies imposed sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago and have continued to ratchet up pressure. U.S. imposes sanctions on over 100 targets in action over Russia's invasion of Ukraine 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Tellingly, efforts to fortify the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region have ratcheted up in recent months. Will it never stop?: From forever war to eternal war 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Some U.S. lawmakers have been calling on the Biden administration to take a harder line and ratchet up pressure on Mexico to crack down on the fentanyl trafficking. Mexican officials to hold talks in U.S. on fentanyl smuggling - president 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The report is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve, which has ratcheted up its main borrowing rate nine times since March of last year to try to tame decades-high inflation. This Week in Business 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The United States and its allies, including the European Union and United Kingdom, imposed sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago and have continued to ratchet up pressure. US official says coalition can communicate effectively with China on Russia sanctions 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Tensions have simmered along the Lebanese border in recent weeks as Israel appears to have ratcheted up its shadow war against Iranian-linked targets in Syria, another close ally of Iran, Israel’s archenemy in the region. Israeli medics: 2 killed in Palestinian attack in West Bank 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “Beijing should not use the transits as an excuse to take any actions, to ratchet up tension, to further push at changing the status quo,” Blinken said. Taiwan’s president meets with McCarthy after warnings from China 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z With a 27-point rally already on their resume this season, they began another long comeback climb in the third quarter, ratcheting up the pressure behind James’ superstar scoring to pull from 24 to within eight. Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard lead Clippers to critical win over travel-weary Lakers 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “Given that, Beijing should not use the transits as an excuse to take any actions, to ratchet up tensions, to further push at changing the status quo,” Blinken said. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Taiwan president meet as China protests 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The fight between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida ratcheted up a notch on Monday, with both sides exchanging blows in a dispute that shows little sign of being resolved quickly. Trump Finally Has His Day in Court 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z |
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