Regional tensions have escalated since 2011 with the onset of the Arab Spring, which has heightened distrust between the Sunni Gulf monarchies and Iran, which the Gulf Arabs, whose rulers are Sunni Muslims, have blamed for stirring up their Shiite Muslim populations.
Continued high unemployment as well as a recent, highly publicized wave of factory closings and employees' acts of protest and resistance have heightened distrust of free-market economics and solidified support for Hollande, who comes across as a modest incarnation of their own ideal — as a nice person and a bearer of a humane social conscience (not that either one is a bad thing).
The matter heightened distrust of Gerry by Marshall and Pinckney, who sought guarantees that Gerry would limit any representations and agreements he might consider.
The other main finding concerned heightened distrust of research invitations, and although this was interwoven with confidentiality and privacy concerns about Internet use in general, it suggested a paradoxical harm arising from, or accentuated by, debriefing itself.
Of course, in British culture, with our island mentality particularly inflamed about them next door, it's also helped heighten our distrust of foreign language film in general and widened the imaginary divide between "art" cinema and "populist" movies.
Tensions have run high since the May 2 raid on Bin Laden's compound, which inflamed Pakistani sensitivities over sovereignty while at the same time heightening distrust of Pakistan in the United States.
While Mr. Hu appeared unfazed by the disruption and continued with his planned events Thursday and Friday, some analysts said the security breach might end up heightening the distrust between the nations that the visit had been intended to dispel.
All the pieces came from the last 20 years or so, but that only heightened their mutual distrust.
Daryl G. Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, said the administration's policies, especially its refusal to accept binding limits on the number of nuclear weapons, have heightened Russia's distrust of American intentions.
While newspaper reading may be a feasible indicator for use in prison, more obvious implications or barriers to civic engagement on the inside are conjured within heightened levels of distrust of authorities.
