(8) The ratchet will move further in the direction of control at the expense of liberty. (7) I like this position as it means that, if required, you can easily engage or disengage the ratchet with the hand that is holding the rod while playing a fish. (6) And another downward ratchet in wages would just about guarantee it will get worse. (5) Evolutionary software has already designed simple circuits, as well as physical mechanisms like the ratchet and cantilever. (4) The occasional tweak of the regulatory ratchet is as much as we can get these days - precisely because people like you and me have persuaded too few voters to give these issues the overarching significance they deserve. (3) Supplying materials for new driveways and patios has helped the firm ratchet up 13% per annum dividend growth since 1997. (2) The growth of mammoth government interventions tends to be a one-way ratchet. (1) An adjustable ratchet, which neither reel has but which the tensioners might help simulate, would of course give you the best of both worlds.

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