Dr. Schlenker, the county health director, credits heightened outreach to young women by health workers and private groups.
Mr. Eskriett credits heightened security measures after a spate of bombings in the early 1990's with deterring attacks in central London, including encircling the financial district, called the City, with what has become known as the "ring of steel".
The news of the hiring, just a week after Kodak unexpectedly tapped its credit line, heightened worries about the viability of the company's turnaround plan.
Declines in its other businesses and BOA's allotment of $13.4 billion for credit losses heightened concern among investors.
In the business sector, the pullback in hiring that I noted earlier has been accompanied by some reduction in capital spending plans, as weaker sales prospects, tighter credit, and heightened uncertainty have made business leaders more cautious.
Fears of a new credit crunch were heightened by reported problems at Belgian lender KBC and a €10bn (£8.6bn) requirement for fresh capital at Germany's bigger banks.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell yesterday for the first time in three days as a drop in profits at Providian Financial, a credit card company, heightened concern more consumers will default on loans.
In another chapter he credits Mr. Gore's "heightened and near hysterical rhetoric about Bradley" with enabling him "to take the upper hand in the Democratic race".
Credit View full screen The heightened climate of fear generated those jokes, so the cartoons have lost some of their bite.
Mr. Sullivan, like others in the area, gives much of the credit for the county's heightened image to the Inn at Little Washington.
