1.   Such initiatives intensified the pressure exerted by the guild for the state to take responsibility for public health.

2.   The new findings sharply intensified congressional pressure to halt the withdrawal program.

3.   It raised input costs, thereby tending to reduce profitability and intensifying the pressure on industry to raise prices.

4.   Although none of that controversy was prompted by Stansky, it intensifies the pressure on him to produce robust results as quickly as possible.

5.   And as the committee prepares for a historic vote next week over whether to recommend removing Clinton from office, both sides intensified pressure on Capitol Hill.

6.   A lawsuit would intensify pressure on Cheney at a time when the Bush administration is under scrutiny and criticism from Democrats for its dealings with the Enron Corp.

7.   A stronger euro and yen would also intensify the pressure for structural reform and corporate restructuring in the euro area and Japan.

8.   Alarmed by the seeming slippage among Republican senators, interest groups favoring the tax cuts have intensified their pressure.

9.   All the attention focused on the millions donated by Enron to members of both parties has intensified the pressure on Bush and other political leaders to back reform.

10.   Bush made the statement as he sought to intensify pressure on other nations to participate in the war on terrorism.