After her arrest, interest in the case was heightened by a request for high bail from a prosecutor, who told Justice Juan M. Merchan of State Supreme Court in Manhattan that Ms. Gristina had been recorded telling a friend that her powerful clients would pay for her to leave the country if she were ever prosecuted.
In its decision, the court said that it was not applying the new heightened constitutional standard requested — and that it didn't need to in order to invalidate the law.
In an effort to stamp out corruption, the speaker has instituted rules requiring greater transparency, stricter ethics and heightened oversight of groups requesting money.
Concerns surrounding informed consent and the retention of organs have heightened clinicians' anxieties in requesting permission to perform an autopsy.
These additional 2006 positive findings triggered efforts to use available resources to identify other tularemia sources: the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) heightened surveillance for tularemia by requesting that other city agencies and wildlife rehabilitation centers report and submit for testing any mammals found dead from unknown causes.
That announcement heightened investors' concerns, leading to an increase in withdrawal requests.
Citing heightened tensions in the Middle East, House Republican leaders Thursday agreed to a request from President Clinton and abruptly canceled a vote on an Armenian genocide resolution bitterly opposed by Turkey, scuttling the measure for the year.
"To the extent that the events of Sept. 11 raise heightened concern for carriers, they should come forward with specific requests that we will consider," the spokesman said.
Bradford Cook, the chairman of the Ballot Law Commission, requested the presentation from state officials because of heightened concerned about election integrity.
Speculation was heightened last week when Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, rejected a request from the inquiry chairman to approve the release of private letters that passed between Mr. Blair and Mr. Bush ahead of the invasion.
The enhanced Federal match will expire on December 31st or June 30 , 2011depending on whether a state requesting the funds past December 31st filed a written request with HHS Secretary Sebelius for an extension of the heightened match.
