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In addition, as a citizen the homeowner would have best served to keep a calm disposition and not be on the auto defense ... so essentially they both serve blame for the esculation of the incident.

First on the CNN Ticker: GOP questions Obama's police criticism 2009

In addition, as a citizen the homeowner would have best served to keep a calm disposition and not be on the auto defense … so essentially they both serve blame for the esculation of the incident.

NRCC targets Obama for saying Cambridge cop 'acted stupidly' 2009

As a Democrat, I too, support this President in attempting to clean up the mess left from the Bush Administration, however, it is interesting to note that it takes an esculation of the war to win the Republican support.

Republicans in focus group praise Obama's Afghan speech 2009

I would be nice if MoveOn, Moved On. Why should we get stuck debating esculation when the real debate should be: "support the troops, bring them home."

MoveOn Ad Blasts GOP Senators For Stalling "Surge" Debate 2009

What political advantages are there to troop esculation?

Think Progress » Administration Official: Troop Escalation ‘More Of A Political Decision Than A Military One’ 2007

What political advantages are there to troop esculation?

Think Progress » Administration Official: Troop Escalation ‘More Of A Political Decision Than A Military One’ 2007

The war was mismanaged from the Pentegon, with Rumsfield not allowing an “esculation” to help our troops a year into it, because it would have been perceived as a sign of weakness.

Think Progress » “Because I told them it had to.” 2007

Christopher Bassford's take on Carl von Clauswitz (ref. below) suggested a view of conflict that is unstable within a political system (loosely applied): politics leads to esculation, esculation leads us to places that are hard to anticipate.

The Fallacy of War 2006

And so, we're back to Koster's point about esculation: if play must culminate in cheating once grokked... it sounds to me that play as defined is not sufficient.

A Theory of Fun (The Art of War) 2005

And so, we're back to Koster's point about esculation: if play must culminate in cheating once grokked... it sounds to me that play as defined is not sufficient.

January 2005 2005