Word: heightened
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...works in the Military Nutrition Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., "I use the word intelligence as an inherent trait, something permanently part of your makeup." Caffeine can't change that, Lieberman says. But what it can do, he says, is heighten your mental performance. If you're well rested, it tends to improve rudimentary brain functions, like keeping your attention focused on boring, repetitive tasks for long periods. "It also tends to improve mood," he says, "and makes people feel more energetic, generally better overall." Observes Dr. Peter Martin, professor of psychiatry...
...will generate a massive fan base. The fights, which last less than a minute each, are real. But in other ways, S.U.M.O. is following in the large and lucrative footsteps of that other pro-wrestling circuit, World Wrestling Entertainment: it groups chest-thumping characters into four rival clans to heighten the drama of matches and plans a nationally broadcast TV series...
...Susan Henley (Amber’s mom, Edna Von Tussle, a self obsessed former beauty pageant contestant). The best acting performance is delivered by Tracy’s best friend Penny Pingleton, played by Caissie Levy. Levy’s pinpoint accurate comedic timing and unfailing charisma exponentially heighten the show’s appeal. While many of the actors’ mediocre singing voices are overwhelmed by the orchestra, Motormouth Maybelle’s earth-shattering ballads are sung entrancingly by Charlotte Crossley. Despite its flaws, “Hairspray” still proves to be wildly entertaining with...
...process or the Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders who have risen to power in Baghdad. The vote on the constitution--which Sunni leaders oppose because it paves the way for a semiautonomous region in the south (like the one already created in the Kurdish north)--may serve only to heighten Sunni estrangement, since it will probably pass no matter how many Sunnis come out to vote against it. It's no wonder that ordinary Sunnis increasingly believe they have no say in the political events sweeping through their country. "There is a sense that we are losing control...
Iraq experts in the intelligence community believe that the proposed constitution, which creates autonomous regions for the Kurds and Shi'ites in the oil-rich north and south, could heighten the chances of an outright civil war. "A lot of us who have followed this thing have come to the conclusion that the Sunnis are the wolves--the real warriors--and the religious Shi'ites are the sheep," says an intelligence officer. "The Sunnis have the power to maintain this violence indefinitely...