Word: heightens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uncomfortable, but I am not persuaded. It equally possible that a lack of candor on the part of heterosexuals could confuse some who admire GLAD's political courage and are in the process of shaping their own lives It is possible, too that the same lack of candor might heighten the frustration of those who insecure about themselves, persecute gays In the Harvard community, at least, a large majority is content to live and let live, ready and eager to acknowledge and defend the rights of those different from themselves. We should not allow in intolerant minority (on both sides...
...coalition--made up of such diverse groups as the Catholic Social Justice Committee, the Harvard-Radcliffe Peace Alliance and the Environmental Action Committee--was formed three weeks ago to heighten student awareness of the potential effects of nuclear...
Coupled with the knowledge that Washington turns the other cheek to the training of counter-revolutionaries in Florida, direct U.S. efforts to tumble the government in Managua lend credibility to the Sandinistas' claim that the recent Nicaraguan military build-up is for defensive purposes. They also unnecessarily heighten tension in a region that has more than enough to spare...
...foreign policy. Reagan claims that ending registration would send the wrong signal to the Soviet Union during the crisis in Poland. While determining an appropriate response to events in Poland is difficult, attempting to register 18-year-old men does nothing to help the Polish people, but does heighten international tension...
...Tuchman is not satisfied with this duty; repeatedly she describes her efforts to get a feeling out of the events she narrates. To heighten the reader's suspense, she writes of the time, without using the benefit of hindsight. ("I went back and cut all references but one of the Battle of the Marne, in the chapters leading up to the battle. Though it may seem absurd, I even cut out all references to the ultimate defeat of Germany. I wrote as if I did not know who would win.") An advocate of "corraborative detail," she uncovers and utilizes insignificant...