1.   This increases the urgency of the task, and raises dramatic tension.

2.   Continuing Al Qaeda activity has increased the urgency of better international cooperation among law enforcement agencies.

3.   The capture of Mazar-e-Sharif and the planned Kabul offensive increase the urgency for forming a post-Taliban government.

4.   The national paranoia bred by the Cold War increased the urgency of those hours, and the fear that a subversive plot might be at work.

5.   The onset of a snowy winter increased the urgency for the repair of houses.

6.   Bullard said the threat of AIDS has increased the urgency for ending child prostitution.

7.   The humiliation also increased the urgency of reform in the Welsh game, starting with the appointment of former Auckland coach Graham Henry as national coach.

8.   And it increased the urgency of getting the dragging US operation here up and running, observers said.