Not only his passions, heightened by the lack of a proper outlet, but also his protective instincts were aroused.
If there is a worry for Mr. Cameron, it lies in the possibility that Argentina, with popular passions heightened by Mrs. Kirchner, may make another attempt to seize the islands by force.
With passions heightened throughout the Arab world by the Palestinian-Israeli clashes, he said, "the Americans are seen as the supporters of Israel, and these extremist groups find their room for maneuver is increasing".
Its ferocity and pain are war's obverse: passion unbearably heightened and darkened by the scars of ordeal.
Their passions are heightened by the conviction that this conflict may ultimately be decided by world opinion, which, as America learned during the Vietnam war, can be effectively swayed by images on television.
Heightened sensitivity to threats or fear during the day results in bad dreams and nightmares, whereas heightened passion or excitement may result in more intense positive dreams.
Those moves are also set to be debated in a day of heightened passions at Westminster.
But the attempt did not seem to quell heightened passions here, and in fact, may have worsened them.
Contrasting deliberately artificial visuals (in the style of 1950s Technicolor Hollywood melodramas) with dead earnest emotions, Mr. Almodóvar's film exuded, hilariously but hauntingly, the heightened passions we associate with opera.
Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/ AFP/Getty Images In a sign of the heightened passions the election is bound to ignite, police announced they had intercepted an envelope addressed to prosecutors at the Supreme Court containing two bullets and a threatening letter this afternoon.
