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Tourists were advised to take heightened security measures after laboratory tests confirmed two Irish tourists returning from the Algarve in Portugal had the disease.

In fact, the amnesty program has come to fruition at a time when prosecutors say it is not uncommon for executives involved in price-fixing to take heightened steps to deceive company lawyers, concealing meetings and using special codes, out of fear that the lawyers will turn in their clients.

The Food and Drug Administration is taking heightened interest in the issue, as new evidence suggests what many people have long suspected: the effects of common prescription sleep aids like Ambien can persist well into the next day.

In this climate, where no one knows if more anthrax-laden letters have been sent, companies have taken heightened precautions since Sept. 11 for handling incoming mail.

With earlier films "Smashed" and "The Spectacular Now," Ponsoldt, 37, had taken heightened genres — the addiction drama, the teen love story — and filmed them with an unadorned realism.

The phenomenal exquisite delivery these ladies provide along with their amazing give and take heightens both the entertainment and the plethora of humor the writing allots them.

The war with Iraq and the disputed circumstances of Mr. Bush's taking office have heightened the animosity among Democrats, many analysts say.

Yet one trustee did step forward to deny that any collusion took place that would have heightened the collection's value for Mr. Axelrod's tax benefit.

The political views of Olympic athletes have taken on heightened interest this year, as political advocates have increasingly sought to link the Beijing Olympics to China's policies on Tibet and the Darfur region of Sudan.

In a review in The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell wrote that the director, Baz Luhrmann, took "the most thrilling moments in a movie musical -- the seconds before the actors are about to burst into song and dance, when every breath they take is heightened -- and made an entire picture of such pinnacles".

The earlier, more complete, and precise the information the better for these tasks, which take on heightened urgency in emergencies.