Word: heightening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heighten the contrast between himself and his sluggish, dissolute predecessor, Bhutto kept to an exhausting 18-hour-a-day schedule. The whirlwind of activity was designed not only to solidify his one-man rule over Pakistan, but also to restore the shattered confidence of his countrymen. He has purged the bureaucracy as well as the armed forces, firing, among others, the attorney general, the chief of intelligence and the governor of the state bank. He has outlined plans for land reform, free primary education and an improved public health program...
Heavy Going. Why then would Park choose a time of improving relations to heighten the climate of crisis? One reason seemed to be that the cohesiveness of the Park regime depends on a continuing external threat. Despite his victory this year, Park's grip is far from absolute. Two months ago he shut down ten colleges and universities in the face of student demonstrations (TIME...
Zeal and Understanding. As if to heighten his aura of activity, Casey fills any gaps in his crowded schedule with press interviews, speaking engagements and visits to Wall Street trading floors. Such visibility is a striking contrast to the low profile maintained by the man he succeeded, Hamer Budge. Casey even matches the ebullience of Budge's predecessor, Manuel Cohen, whose activist zeal did not endear him to many securities...
...question some audiences will undoubtedly ask: Why make the trio a bisexual one? But that artistic decision simply deepens Hirsh's aloofness, and the doubtfulness that he will ever achieve the sort of earthly happiness that Alex works for. By portraying a man so socially limited, Schlesinger and Gilliatt heighten their point's effectiveness...
...union featherbedding practices and other protective devices that tend to impede efficiency. But these are long-term solutions at best, and they face high and hard political hurdles. More immediately, U.S. management should be experimenting far more daringly with ways to change basic methods of work in order to heighten employee enthusiasm. Among the more promising new experiments: the four-day work week and West Germany's staggered working hours, which give employees some choice about the times when they begin and finish work each...