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Investor anxiety has been so heightened in recent weeks that days of stability have been shattered by the first sign of trouble tied to the debt markets.

Tensions have heightened in recent weeks between the two neighbors, who have engaged in firefights when the Burmese Army came close to the border.

But speculation about new smoking legislation has been heightened in recent weeks by the Council speaker, Peter F. Vallone, who has met privately with some of the same health advocates who championed the 1995 law.

The F.B.I. has warned many times since the Sept. 11 attacks that Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups are likely to single out commercial transportation like planes, trains and buses, but that concern has been heightened in recent weeks by last month's rail bombings in Madrid.

The Chinese government has always been wary of that dependency, but its fears were heightened in recent weeks after the United States banned American companies from selling components to ZTE, a prominent Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer.

My own disappointment in both the Clinton and Obama campaigns has been heightened in recent weeks.

That task has taken on heightened urgency in recent weeks as Mr. Spano finds himself facing a tough re-election fight against a well-known Democrat, Thomas J. Abinanti, the majority leader of the County Board of Legislators, who contends that the senator is out of touch with voters in the district.

The fear of repercussions in Cleveland if a not guilty verdict comes down have heightened in recent days.

Political rhetoric around Calais has heightened in recent months following British voters' decision to leave the European Union.

Maritime tensions in the South China Sea have been heightened in recent months.

Pressure on the Quebec lumber industry from environmental activists and native groups has heightened in recent years.