Word: heightenings
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...There are various events going on in the College to heighten awareness of issues relevant to Muslims,” Illingworth wrote. “To have your event in the same week might be misinterpreted as a conflict with the Islamic awareness activities. Therefore I would ask you to plan your event for another time...
...will be the sixth week of negotiations between Harvard and the janitors’ union, PSLM organizers said this week’s session is particularly important because a number of janitors will “risk arrest” in a protest that will escalate the controversy and heighten awareness...
...word in any context, Kennedy contends, is to erase the word’s history and, potentially, the literature that captured this history, such as Twain’s oft-cited Adventures of Huck Finn. Similarly, this eradication would endow the word with more destructive power and heighten its taboo. The idea that the elimination of a racist term will eliminate racism itself is nothing more than a pipe dream...
...American public can also do without Bush’s inappropriate injection of the word “evil.” Its theological and emotional connotations unnecessarily heighten already strong feelings on the subject of thwarting terrorism. Bush’s disregard for the sophistication required for dealing with complicated international politics is troubling. Less charged and alienating words would likely serve foreign policy better...
...International Red Cross believes that the release of these photos might have violated the standards for the treatment of prisoners of military conflicts, set at the Geneva Convention. As captors, the U.S. army should act responsibly with its prisoners and not glorify their capture. These photos could potentially heighten the resolve of the combatants still left in Afghanistan...