Most important, it suggests that, while activism may be intensified by economic adversity, it now has a life of its own in any kind of economic weather.

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Unease on this score can only be intensified by the behavior of the preferred candidates for such enlightened control, namely the fearmongering and hints of "nuclear blackmail" by Mikhail Gorbachev and his cadre of supporters.

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The underlying worry about the direction of the stock market intensified this week, as can be seen by the increase in bearish sentiment.

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The crowd noise intensified in anticipation of Hameed's hundred but they were to be disappointed as he was decived by Pathan's slower ball and sliced a catch to gully.

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