The statement describes the South's alleged actions as "premeditated moves to deliberately escalate tension in the waters."

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

So as you can see, as we escalate the problem difficulty, the difference between the good method and the not quite as good method gets bigger and bigger and bigger.

如你所见，当我们处理更复杂的,问题的时候，优良的算法,和并不那么好的算法之间的,差异会变的越来越大，这一点很重要。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Professor Yang says the situation could easily escalate.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27