As fears about Bear's financial position heightened, its customers began demanding their cash and big hedge funds that were using the firm as an administrative back office or lender moved their accounts elsewhere.
East Staffordshire's strategic importance was heightened by its position at the boundary of Royalist and Parliamentarian garrisons in the region.
He also faces heightened opposition, some party strategists say, because of his noninterventionist and antiwar positions.
Indeed, the specialness of Britain's position is heightened as other European countries lose faith in a military solution.
City's faltering title defence and a dire Champions League challenge that ended with them bottom of their group and failing to reach the knockout stages for a second consecutive year has caused heightened speculation regarding his position at the Etihad Stadium.
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons insists he is anticipating heightened competition in the position despite Laidlaw's departure.
The administration stated that, in its view, heightened scrutiny was appropriate in cases of anti-gay discrimination -- a daring position at the time given the Supreme Court had never held that, despite several opportunities to do so.
The Bush administration's legal position "heightens the court's concern" that some records might not be preserved, Judge Kollar-Kotelly said.
Speculation had heightened this summer about Lennon's position after his assistant, Johan Mjallby, confirmed he was leaving to "seek some different opportunities".
The additional reality is that often only when the "right" people are gravely impacted and pain is heightened because of the power, position ad privilege of those affected, then and only then, are the systems that contribute to the clear underlying dis-ease are disrupted.
