He also faces heightened opposition, some party strategists say, because of his noninterventionist and antiwar positions.
Heightened opposition, in both the industrial and developing worlds, to any constraints on the use of carbon-based fuels, which remain our principal source of energy.
Tensions were heightened when opposition activist Luis Díaz was shot and killed at a rally in Guárico state on 25 November.
Next we need to understand the context as this might influence the interests of the actors (for example an employment embargo heightening the opposition of the lab staff to task-shifting).
The appointments of Mr. Taeb and Mr. Naqdi are likely to heighten the concerns of the opposition.
The decision to continue the strike was expected to heighten tensions as a growing opposition movement has debilitated the economy to pressure Mr. Chávez into calling early elections or resigning.
MOSCOW — Russian Parliament members moved a step closer to stripping an opposition lawmaker of his post on Monday, heightening tension before an opposition march planned for this weekend.
If Republicans heighten scrutiny of those payments, Democrats may find their resistance harder to defend than their opposition to benefit cuts.
The latest death has heightened the group's opposition to plans by private developers and city officials to build another immigration detention center in Farmville, with 1,000 to 2,500 beds.
The revelations could heighten tensions between the prime minister and Gove, whose relationship is already strained by their opposition in the increasingly bitter battle over Britain's membership of the EU.
