Word: heightenings
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...movie Dances With Wolves, Secondine says, probably helped to heighten awareness of Native Americans on campus. The upcoming quincentennial of Columbus's landing in America, he says, will also make Native Americans more visible...
...Congress should not cut personal income tax rates. It would be too costly for the budget, heighten worries of inflation, and raise long-term interest rates...
...that recall tai chi. In place of the banks of the River Scheldt are huge, gradually shifting columns of light. It is a tribute to Wilson's dramatic cunning that the production is a striking success. The stylized motion and lighting intensify the visceral excitement in the score and heighten the stark contest between the hero and the villainess Ortrud. And the singers, especially Gosta Winbergh in the title role, are first rate. Blessed with a sizable lyric tenor, Winbergh sings Lohengrin's famous farewell softly -- as it is almost never done -- and makes it heartbreaking...
...suspects this money could be better spent. Exam proctors specialize in pacing the aisles, looking over shoulders and peering at faces. All they do is heighten tension, which tends to be already considerable around exam time...
...great White House plumbing puzzle of 1991 will probably prove to be a wild-goose chase, but possibly it will bring some benefits. Researchers in immunology hope all the attention will heighten interest in their field and maybe even produce more research funds. At the very least, it has raised awareness of a category of diseases that, while commonplace, have been only dimly understood...