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Despite the yen pulling back slightly Monday on the deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and moves by Japanese authorities to ratchet-up their rhetoric against their currency's strength, investors in Tokyo continued to fret about the damage the strong yen will do to the nation's export sector.

Asia Falls on Growth Outlook Shri Navaratnam 2011

As private health insurers ratchet-up premiums, corporations announce ObamaCare write-offs, companies re-examine their health-care coverage, overall cost projections climb and the full extent of Medicare cutbacks is exposed, it seems that Americans had a better handle on ObamaCare a year ago than Democrats (fighting for their political lives) do today.

Medicare's Pre-Existing Conditions 2010

But they may prefer a productive and efficient councillor whose salary is not helping ratchet-up their Council Tax.

Archive 2007-04-01 Stephen Tall 2007

But they may prefer a productive and efficient councillor whose salary is not helping ratchet-up their Council Tax.

Councillors' pay: a proposal Stephen Tall 2007

His policies aren't working, by design I might add, and like Bush he, and the ruling elite behind him, need to ratchet-up the fear factor in order to implement their agenda.

Get Ready For Another 9/11 2009

Israel has responded with air-strikes against Hamas militants and is threatening to further ratchet-up that reaction.

Daniel Levy: Gaza on the Brink 2008

It is quite possible that either of the groups involved in this can ratchet-up examples to prove their point.

To Polokwane and back 2008

It is quite possible that either of the groups involved in this can ratchet-up examples to prove their point.

CONTENTS 2008

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: We begin with the government's decision to ratchet-up the status of the terror threat and terror precautions, in the hours leading up to September 11.

CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2002 2002

And the United States can really ratchet-up those air strikes.

CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001 2001