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- [ARG0 The move] is sure *-1 to [rel heighten] [ARG1 concerns about increased Japanese investment in U.S. biotechnology firms] .
- [ARG0 The 190-point plunge in the stock market Oct. 13] has [rel heightened] [ARG1 concerns about volatility] .
- The product is n't widely used *-2 yet , but Toshiba , which *T*-1 has already beaten everyone else in * producing the current-generation one-megabit DRAMs , believes that [ARG0 its early investment] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel heighten] [ARG1 its chances of * beating its competitors again] .
- [ARG0 A French Crusader crash] [ARGM-TMP a few months ago] [rel heightened] [ARG1 pressure for new planes] [ARGM-LOC here] .
- But [ARG0 the plan] only threatens *-3 to [rel heighten] [ARG1 the tension and confusion already surrounding the cases that *T*-2 were filed *-1 in September 1988] .
- Also , any GEC bid might be blocked *-1 by British antitrust regulators ; Ferranti is GEC 's main competitor on several key defense-electronics contracts , and [ARG0 its purchase by GEC] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel heighten] [ARG1 British Defense Ministry worries about concentration in the country 's defense industry] .
heighten.XX obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 The urgency] is [rel heightened] *-1 [ARGM-CAU because this week 's earthquake -- while * major and followed * by hundreds of aftershocks -- did n't release enough pent-up energy tension *ICH*-2 along the faultlines * to preclude more and bigger quakes soon] .
heighten.XX sub-ARG1
- CenTrust Savings Bank said 0 federal thrift regulators ordered it *-1 to suspend dividend payments on its two classes of preferred stock , * indicating that [ARG1 regulators ' concerns about the troubled institution] have [rel heightened] .