Word: heightened
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...them open to intimidation. Frowick did not explain how postponing the municipal elections until April or May would ameliorate the intimidations or the other problems with the severely distorted vote. That the elections were called off only weeks before a scheduled nation-wide vote September 14 only served to heighten questions about the viability of the Dayton Accords. "The cancellation is a recognition that the Dayton accords are a diplomatic game which may not have anything to do with a peaceful multi-ethnic settlement in Bosnia," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "The municipal elections were always going to be trouble...
...them open to intimidation. Frowick did not explain how postponing the municipal elections until April or May would ameliorate the intimidations or the other problems with the severely distorted vote. That the elections were called off only weeks before a scheduled nation-wide vote September 14 only served to heighten questions about the viability of the Dayton Accords. "The cancellation is a recognition that the Dayton accords are a diplomatic game which may not have anything to do with a peaceful multi-ethnic settlement in Bosnia," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "The municipal elections were always going to be trouble...
...following fictional rodents-turned-superstars around the park while assiduously crushing real-live ones under your feet, making a tour of the stars' homes (er, hedges...er, right-hand corner of mailboxes) while never seeing a movie star in the flesh. To temper the illusory, conserve the monetary and heighten the enjoyability, I have prepared the following list of observations and notes (hints? tips?) about Southland attractions. Read on, and remember: CARPE...
Among other measures, the 1990 legislation required the FAA to speed up explosives-detection research, to heighten security checks on airport personnel and to release passenger manifests within three hours of a crash. The deadline set by Congress: November 1993. The FAA failed to adhere to that timetable, blaming Congress for setting overly stringent standards and requiring complicated tests of the new technologies. But that same year--five full years after Lockerbie--the inspector general's office of the Department of Transportation released a report blasting the FAA's overall security program. It is the only such report that...
...there won't be any reason for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates." Interest rates soared on the bond market today because of the fear that the strong economic figures will lead to the build-up of inflationary pressures, especially before Friday's key employment data which could heighten inflationary fears. "The bond market reacts badly whenever the economy grows significantly above two percent because it fears inflationary pressures looming," reports Baumohl. "But it looks like we are in a new world where productivity can rise enough that the economy can grow at a healthy pace without heating...