The Administration's efforts underscored the scramble to find an effective way to respond to the tests, which re-ignited fears of an arms race in South Asia.

The cost-cutting efforts by companies underscore the gamesmanship that characterizes the relationship between the airlines and their passengers.

But the current efforts are the most extensive and serious in years and underscore the tension roiling the leaderless Assembly.

The efforts underscore the difficulty in trying to limit the influence of special interests, even with the largest overhaul in campaign financing in 30 years.

The serious efforts at Adrienne underscore the second hotel food renaissance in a decade.

Their efforts underscore a growing effort to pull carbon from the atmosphere.

Mr. Bush's words, and the White House's effort to explain them, underscored the array of military and political pressures facing the president over Iraq.

But the united effort by legislators of both the Government party and opposition underscored the President's waning influence as his second five-year term winds down.

But so far, labor officials said, the effort has only underscored the uncertainty that led the labor federation to decide last month not to endorse any candidate yet.

The city's efforts to drive out the Port Authority underscore the changes that have swept the west bank of the Hudson River in the last decade.