Beginning in the mid-1970s, Linda Ronstadt's private life became increasingly public.

These longstanding trade ties with black African countries are also becoming increasingly public.

She has become an increasingly public Town Clerk, taking on issues herself.

As time passed, the objections helped to force an increasingly public debate over how heads of state should be allowed to use public money.

Asked if she worried about maintaining a spiritual life in an increasingly public role, she nodded.

So Saudis are engaged in an increasingly public debate over their identity.

Second, that memories are becoming increasingly public - social, even.

But the debate has become increasingly public and pointed with the recent events in Iraq.

North Korea is increasingly public about its need for income and investment.

The medical community has been grappling with the issue in an increasingly public way.