But he'd expected a more gradual buildup, not this last minute, lightning-bolt change in the data available to him.

He was reluctant to increase the military budget dramatically and instead chose a gradual and balanced buildup.

"Actually," said Spock, "a gradual buildup would allow me to better compensate for vibration patterns as they develop."

The space agency has set 16 flights a year as its goal, following a gradual buildup beginning next year.

A note can have a gradual buildup or can diminish quickly.

The gradual buildups have a grand payoff, especially for the band's growing cult.

Central to the strategy was an effort to duplicate the gradual buildup of fan anticipation that greeted each of the books.

They'd meet again outside Rally Base in a gradual buildup.

But the United States favors a more gradual buildup of aid, the officials said.