Although most have not resulted in any casualties, the string of accidents and fires has heightened concerns about the ability of megaships to handle emergencies or large-scale evacuations at sea.
When you've lost control of the board, given up more than half the seats, the combination of that and hitting a new stage in the venture means the chances you're going to get fired are heightened dramatically.
Being an outcome of both lithology and climate, natural vegetation generally increases resistance to erosion although its absence, perhaps after fire, may heighten it.
Forecasts suggest the dry spell could continue, exacerbating the already heightened fire danger.
And in the days before strictly enforced fire codes and heightened security, creative fans used railings to make them taller and nooks and crannies to peer from.
Israel's sense of being under diplomatic fire has been heightened by demands from a number of European officials for access to Yasir Arafat, whom Israel has besieged in his Ramallah headquarters.
All 16 models concurred that northern Australia will experience heightened fire rates between 2010-2039 andecreaseded rates after that.
Warning about plot to blow up Universal City station prompts heightened security across L.A. Investigations into Oakland fire intensify as grim search for victims enters Day 4.
That he coached with a soft voice in a game of fire and brimstone only heightened the respect his players had for him.
