Last winter, Minaya spent time in Ghana as part of a delegation that was trying to heighten interest in baseball.
He is busy trying to heighten his profile for the race for state attorney general, an election that is more than three years away.
Apparently, Rosenbaum always had a certain resemblance to the common notion of what Satan looks like, and, with the trim of a goatee here and the addition of a devilish waistcoat there, he began trying to heighten the resemblance.
"I know of no writer in English," he insisted, "who has added a micromillimeter to his stature by 'realizing his Jewishness,' although I know of some who have curtailed their promise by trying to heighten their Jewish consciousness".
Starbucks is also trying to heighten its appeal with a redesign of some of its menus so they more prominently feature less expensive brewed coffee, and it is running a summer promotion for iced drinks.
Michael D. McCurry, a senior Kerry adviser, denied that the senator was trying to heighten fears of a draft, though he said it was much on the minds of young people.
Should we be the victims in that?" The conventional wisdom about Mr. Obama is that he tries to duck the issue of race, but close advisers say he is acutely aware of his role as the first African-American president and is trying to heighten racial sensitivity in constructive ways.
It may be trying to heighten the sense of crisis in order to insure that the United States, Britain, and other Western powers will go to great lengths to intensify sanctions and exert maximum pressure on Iran in the wake of the new I.A.E.A. report.
The e-sports market is expected to reach nearly a half-billion dollars this year, and gamers who take part in it are constantly trying to heighten their skills.
Substitute Blair Spittal dragged a shot just wide as United tried to heighten the misery for the home support, with the boisterous away support chanting, "We want five".
