Seeing everyone's different reactions to these tests has heightened the social dynamic of the evening: the experience remains shared, but we are all thinking about what our fellow drinkers are tasting, where our experiences meet and where they diverge.
But the sharp disagreement between the top-10 Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweights over Silva's positive performance-enhancing drug test last year has heightened an already tense rivalry as they prepare to fight Saturday in London at 1 p.m. Pacific time on UFC Fight Pass.
In particular, the unexpectedly high deterioration rate in the prefabricated external wall panels and balconies of buildings has heightened the need to utilize more elaborate examination methods than simple strength tests.
The recent approval, by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, of field tests for transgenic rice and maize expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin and development of herbicide resistance traits in crops has heightened concerns (Nature Biotechnology, 28, 390-391, May 2010).
The dismal economy has heightened political discontent.
The one-child policy has heightened competition.
If anything, she has heightened it.
The Aug. 26 election has heightened frustrations.
"That definitely has heightened in the last six months".
If anything, it has heightened them.
