Word: heightened
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...deploying too many G.I.s, even highly trained commandos, was a risk too. The terrain could be withering in good weather, and winter was approaching. A full-scale force would heighten fears in the rest of the Muslim world about a Western war against Islam. "There was nothing on the shelf for this kind of war," says Rice...
Zimmerman is not just a delightful storyteller; she's a visionary designer of stage space and actors' movement. The action in Metamorphoses is structured around a large wading pool, and the stage devices are so elegantly simple, they provoke a smile even as they heighten the drama. When God creates light, an actor lights a cigarette; for a fatal storm at sea, a bare-chested thug tosses a bucket of water at the captain and wrestles him into submission in the water. Some stories are enacted, others narrated; still others are a deft mix of the two. A few good...
...week smart money would say it had something to do with HOWARD STERN. The longer-haired of the two radio shock jocks took aim at Imus' charity ranch in New Mexico, where the famously cantankerous broadcaster puts up kids with cancer and gives them chores (example: gardening) intended to heighten appreciation for old-fashioned, outdoorsy values. On his show, Stern termed the ranch a "scam." "These cancer kids show up, and Imus just lets them work on the ranch for free labor," he reportedly said. "Today's fun activity is, 'You're going to paint the barn, kids.'" Imus' rebuttal...
...security alerts. McCrory sent a letter to Ridge this week asking for some specifics on how serious a threat is. Otherwise, he says, citizens just tend to assume the worst and stay home. He acknowledges the feds may not be able to do that. But he's trying to heighten security no more than he has to, protecting potential targets like the airport, skyscrapers and the water supply without forcing everyone to walk through metal detectors to get into the park...
...been dogged by accusations of mismanagement, sloppy record-keeping and, most spectacularly, of misplacing thousands of files connected to the Timothy McVeigh/Oklahoma City bombing case. The recent arrest of longtime FBI agent (and accused Russian double-agent) Robert Hanssen only served to heighten the growing sense of internal disintegration...