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Heightening his angst, Warren pines for precocious Jessica (Gevinson).

His comments would appear to close the Kremlin door on further diplomatic exchanges, heightening fears of Russian intervention.

A year after the fall of Col. Muammar Gaddafi, violence continues to roil Libya, heightening fears that the revolution could fail.

As Republicans, we cannot risk heightening this cultural war to a higher level than it is already.

So just heightening the personal cost of being a woman in those times.

To save strength and give plentiful nourishment, without heightening the fever, must be the constant effort.

Of all things to be avoided I would mention the mistake of putting up the handle bars, without heightening the saddle.

But oftener he lay among the cushions, the light flooding his white hair and dress and heightening his brilliant coloring.

It made demands upon her judgment, and offered opportunity for increasing knowledge and heightening her value to the company.

We follow with always heightening pleasure the progress of a passion to the abyss into which it hurries its unhappy victim.