His new film is all about elegant restraint and a slow ratcheting up of tension.
The trend of ratcheting through option barriers and corporate bids looks set to continue.
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But perhaps the greatest national challenge is ratcheting up the quality of the public education workforce.
But the Europeans appear to be ratcheting up their tax compliance efforts as well.
Silicon Valley startups have long been ratcheting up perks as the competition for talent intensifies.
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The newest Submariners have special ratcheting clasps which offer a very precise fit for optimal comfort.
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For decades, successive British governments have been happily ratcheting up taxes on tobacco and alcohol.
But TXN shares have already been seriously battered, and expectations have been ratcheting down.
Tensions in the Middle East are ratcheting a bit higher following fresh violence in Lebanon.
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In these conditions, the banks have (so far) profited handsomely from ratcheting up their own risk-taking.
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Ratcheting up the time limit on a regular basis becomes a reasonable way of approximating that perpetuity.
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Ratcheting down investments in fossil fuel companies would send the clearest signal that those companies must adapt.
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Judges may also fear their decisions being overturned on appeal or worry about Congress ratcheting up recommended sentences.
Other countries are ratcheting up their standards as well to cut emissions and reduce their dependency on oil.
Forecasters have been ratcheting down their expectations for the key non-farm payrolls growth number in the jobs report.
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Simple, Mint and some of the big-bank offerings in the mobile area show that innovation is ratcheting up.
But the ratcheting up of rhetoric has been occurring for so long that we almost don't notice it anymore.
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Kirjner sees gross margins ratcheting steadily upward, from 22.44% last year, to 24.62% this year and 26.75% next year.
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With tensions ratcheting up, Thaksin decided to seek help and requested an audience with Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
But the number of new trade disputes is ratcheting up to a level that is beginning to look worrying.
But it will not succeed by simply ratcheting up the states' work requirements, as Congress did earlier this year.
Along with the 3-point shot, the ratcheting up of physical play in the middle rendered low post play less effective.
Given the ever-increasing expectations for the Apple iPhone 5, the Street has been ratcheting up expectations for mobile-related component companies.
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Aubrey began taking absurd salaries and bonuses and ratcheting up his participation in the FWPP (Founders Well Participation Program).
He merely appealed to our carnal nature and demonized Romney by ratcheting up covetousness sown into the nature of man.
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Managed-money accounts trimmed gross long and increased gross short positions in both platinum and palladium, ratcheting down the net-longs for both.
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It was just one example of what these analysts--all talking anonymously, of course--say is a ratcheting up of EMC's tough-guy tactics.
This encourages companies to shed workers, reducing payments into the welfare system while ratcheting up the benefits that must flow out.
Other countries are ratcheting up their standards as well in a bid to cut CO2 emissions and reduce their dependency on oil.
NPR's business news starts with Congress ratcheting up pressure on toy makers.
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